Research Catalog

Title

One day in September : the full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the Israeli revenge operation "Wrath of God" / Simon Reeve.

Author

Reeve, Simon.

Publication

New York : Arcade, [2000], ©2000.

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Details

Description

xiv, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of ports. : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm

Summary

• "At 4:30 A.M. on the morning of September 5, 1972, a small band of Palestinian terrorists scaled the perimeter wall of the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany. Within minutes they had invaded the apartments of the Israelis quartered at 31 Connollystrasse and taken hostage eleven athletes and coaches. Their goal: to thrust the foundering PLO cause into the world spotlight and gain the release of several hundred Arabs held prisoner by the Israelis.
• In the end, fifteen people were dead: all the Israeli athletes, five of the terrorists, and one German policeman." "Based on years of exhaustive research, thousands of official documents recently released as a result of the legal demands made by the families of the murdered athletes, and hundreds of interviews with participants and survivors, One Day in September is the definitive account of one of the most devastating and politically explosive events of the late twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Terrorism > Germany > Munich
• Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany)
• Revenge
• Athletes > Israel

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-304).

Contents

1. The Takeover -- 2. Black September -- 3. Negotiations -- 4. Operation Sunshine -- 5. The Deception -- 6. Furstenfeldbruck -- 7. Champagne Celebrations -- 8. The Mourning Begins -- 9. Operation Wrath of God -- 10. Operation Spring of Youth -- 11. The Red Prince -- 12. The Cover-up -- 13. The Survivors.

ISBN

1559705477

LCCN

00131704

OCLC

• ocm44106518
• SCSB-4183715

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries