German Authorities Compensate $28 million To Munich Olympics Massacre Survivors

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Families suffering the Munich Olympic massacre have finally found peace as the German government pays a handsome compensation to make things right

Israeli families, victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack are now being compensated by the German authorities, that the former have held responsible for bad handling of the mishap.

Germany was also blamed for failing to protect athletes and covering up errors in the aftermath. Gerhart Baum, a former interior minister in West Germany, spoke to the media and said that a compensation is on the call and would be part of “a dignified commemoration.” This was held this week on Monday at the Furstenfeldbruck, a NATO airbase, marking the 50th anniversary of the attack.

A closer to such a tragedy is healing for the family. Towards this, Germany has planned to compensate effected families with $ 28 million Israel's President Isaac Herzog and Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier are expected to attend the ceremony, along with the victims' families.

On 5 September 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group, who demanded the release of more than 200 prisoners.  Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead, and three Palestinians were arrested after a standoff and subsequent botched rescue effort erupted into gunfire. 

A month after the attack, the West German government released the three members of Black September in a hostage exchange. The families had blamed German authorities for mishandling the attack, failing to protect the athletes and covering up errors in the aftermath.

The initial amount of $5.4 million was considered offensive by the families affected. The new amount was decided later to try and undo the wrong that had been done years back. For 50 years or so, families suffering had been waiting for answers and admission by the German government that ‘they had been wronged’. While the lawyers handling the cases have not commented, the silence probably explains that calm has descended. 

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