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Germany’s president apologized Monday for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 attack on the Munich OIympics as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the games 50 years ago. The anniversary ceremony at the Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield outside Munich — the…

Germany asks for forgiveness for ‘fatal’ failures of 1972 Munich Olympics attack on Israeli athletes.

From the blog of Zaq Harrison at The Times of Israel

Germany's president apologized Monday for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 attack on the Munich OIympics as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the games 50 years ago.

Eleven Israeli athletes and one policeman died in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack. Germany has still not completely come to terms with the events.

Germany on Monday sought "forgiveness" from families of victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack, admitting responsibility for a litany of failings that led to the deaths of 11 Israelis.The apology by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on behalf of Germany 50 years on came after a bitter and long fight by bereaved relatives for appropriate compensation and for Berlin to own up to mistakes made that led to the massacre.

Its also for the first time the German state acknowledged its failings that led to the deaths of 11 Israelis in 1972

Today marks 50 years since a massacre at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Heres all you need to know about what happened.

“Shameful” that it took 50 years to reach a compensation agreement with the victims’ families, says German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Meeting Herzog, Frank-Walter Steinmeier says country avoided its responsibility for 1972 massacre 'for far too long'; Scholz decries 'relativizing' Holocaust, in nod to Abbas row