a minister does, she does of the houston president to add additional stud muffin mann district administration chief, mister commas in am on behalf of the jewish community. thank you for coming. when you say i can't, and i'm going to attend, leave ro, usable ladies and gentlemen. miss her for the coming in on monday night. and so i unzip this into of my, me and the via the collection of for this a 5th of september 1972, either through or still very vivid. my daughter was her hostess, elsie, the olympic village. and in the morning, at 6 o'clock curve full of joy and happiness, she left our apartment. and in the evening like hierarchy, she came back completely destroyed with ha. but she, at least he came home at one. thank god l e 11 husband's father sir. brothers are not mentioned. you had come to munich as athletes said and returned in coffins

to escrow matthew to find the pain on the grave of the family's hers. notch her m been susan all these years because it was possible for the wounds to heal. because sir, there was rage. sure i am obstructing that frustration and to despair. if i offer this boy deadly attempted to liberation height, hats his pad, wrap the l games continued to the callousness of her brundage, an eagle to her won't. i'll remember, appropriately. the attack was one thing and all. so germany did not deal with the events or man properly, and neither did germany de, properly, briefly, families. and this was the case for a long time, but this time is now over. and i want to thank all those involved in particular on

the part of your german and politics. you had no possibility to influence the events at that time. and still you assumed responsibility to day for healing the old wounds. mary dominant had placed gen. i mentioned that it has all peoples munich. i enjoyed the european championship this from august, and i would understand and that church munich is celebrating the l. m. 50th anniversary of the game. so for 1972 in the olympic park, but i would so i have the impression that it is not and not, not everybody's aware of the fact that this attack in 1972 and had such a long impact on the east rail, on the jewish community and munich, the shock that only a few decades after the show on only after the difficult decision to stay in this

country. the shock that only such a few years after that again deuce people were murdered in this country. this truck was enormous and this continues to be like that until today, until therefore, it is so important for us to feel the sympathy that is present to change. they are understanding the responsibility, the shared responsibility, that is the right answer to the years of ignorance or i'm forgetting, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to see i my wishes that m b maintain this responsibility for the fact that we continue to remember the next person's kitchen and which we ambled about mentioned are responsible for the life. for a lot of things have been done. i would like to think am the olympic m m yahoo m a committee and chair. many paper, the politicians and, or tolbert, spain look for the commemoration plaque. and i would like to see

a similar commemorative plaque or mimic commemorative place. it's the f it in through 1st room 1st your book. and we also responsible for those who are half who have loved loved ones and for those who have so last we have to a counter the growing hatred, a consumer shirt i strictly. and in particular, when it is covered up as a criticism of israel unturned. nevertheless is nothing but age old at his hand. awesome. so this and threatens us in the same way as i am taking the terror 50 years ago here and he on it. and it threatens us in israel, in germany and all over the world. it is the same kind of terror that is to threatening us, but we have been better. we have been and have never come more able to defend ourselves. hatred will never win over again. i, on the contrary,

that is my conviction until i because i'm a fool despite everything i still believe in an entry and the good in what is good because of that, i wish that today's generations and should should, once again, am i and i have the possibility to experience the olympic spirit spirit in their own country. and i would like to see again olympic games, anika of tampa. that is what i would really like to see. the younger men said women, the young people, whether they live in it and deserve their side. if they deserve to feel the joy, the hope and this happiness. so thank you very much

for her when his president federal presidents. little bit sir expenses for you. miss youngest spitzer on honored members, dunkin. i'm honored guests, ladies and gentlemen. and for you, the more i want to thank all of you, you help me for coming here to day regarding for lee. and i want to thank you feel words for you have given expression to something that is very important to us. little people of personal health broke the commemoration of the victims and sympathy with their family members,

as long as buffy heard the midst of i'm therefore particularly grateful and delightful. the charge from new family members are here to day, and that the events is not overshadowed by feelings of disappointment. some of his way, the local people of boone are the spectators of history, where nots, the protagonists your good. we cheered mancha often, and when these rallied seem angels entered a german stadium estimate. he thought you were to you were the world's lawns, the young sportsman who had lost their lives as our guests might. we wept as the red temperature of the 4 wooden. when the competitions were finally continued to the cuban, we stayed back helplessly. because our olympic games were over you believe missiles have been, which has remained, is mocking our efforts in the rooms to harness our grief in response for

commemoration culture modest talk. the spontaneous commemorations of people and marine on the anniversary of the attack has been given a framework by all the district officials broke. finally, since 91197, the commission has taken shape in the form of memorial sy, articles designed by the artist on his goods and with the support of sponsors on we have on the website and then use the pass. p is to dedicated virtual place of remembrance of the form of the websites and an app which is available in several languages and accessible to everyone in a very straightforward way using the time this digital place of remembrance were late to be presented as a press conference walk home about an off site for you and i and this service also contains the words of contemporary witnesses whose comments have now been preserved for posterity. the parmesan, as we look to the future,

we hope that once the federal armed forces leave the canal, the control tower, the billing is returned to the districts and the languages of used to pass must be a memorial sign. we now renew our promise, the promise that we gave 10 years ago, and have all the cap and get the vixen when all the guests of honor have left the place, meet when the attention of the media is turning to other issues or more than here. you live, we will stay here. yes. after yes, thank you. he will he d w. news now special live coverage of commemorations marking 5 decades since the munich olympics massacre. we've been hearing from german president frank filter stein, mind israel president isaac hertzog,

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nuisance to tom on que pizza. the space between us and they should be so that in order to, let's say, it sees turn out, you know, if you search pleasure in doing my dearest under 50 years ago, i was here to a few hours after the massacre. i stood in your room and couldn't believe how much hatred had been in that room blood in the whole room, even on the ceiling. and i thought to myself, is this where you spend the last hours of your life? i will never stop talking about it. so that that will never, ever happen again. and at those who were responsible for it will pay the price.

please forgive me, andre. that took me so long. although we have finally, after 50 years, reached our goals. at the end of the day, you are still gone and nothing can change that. then they murdered you. they also killed the part of me and of all those people who loved you. they murdered our hopes, our dreams are future. but not my love for you. you are so kind, so gentle, so funny and so loving. and although we were only married one year in 3 months, it was the best time of our life. didn't we have it all each other? and the baby girl? our baby girl is no longer a baby and they are a nuke, grew up to be a beautiful, smart, and sensitive woman. you would be so proud of her. i remember still how you

cried and laughed and laughed and cried, than she was born out of pure happiness. it breaks my heart that you didn't get to know each other and that you never know my daughter's kim and baby, and my son carmel, how happy you would have been with my 8 grandchildren, and how sad it is that they never got to know you. but one thing i'm very proud of, i raise my children without hate in their hearts, just like you would have wanted me to an am all so sorry that you never knew elana my partner of the last 50 years for without her. i wouldn't be standing here today are low, i wrote was long and lonely. but thinking of you on that fateful day 50 years ago with your head.