Geheimakte 1972

von

Christoph Lemmer

Juli 2022

Episode 5

München, Hauptbahnhof

Stimmen:

Stimmen: Station Voice (Markus Kästle)

Stimmen: Ankie Spitzer (Cordula Senfft)

Stimmen: Kriminalermittler (Stephan Lehmann)

Stimmen: Al Dnawy (Lenny Peteanu)

Stimmen: Terrorist Samer (Chris Dutertry)

Stimmen: Badran (Philipp Allar)

Stimmen: Al Dnawy

Stimmen: Training on the weapon took two weeks. Issa showed me everything there is to know about how how to handle a gun. He also taught mit how to shoot correctly.

Stimmen: Akzent

Stimmen: Badran

Stimmen: What are the Olympic Games compared to the cause of the Palestinians.

Stimmen: Akzent

Stimmen: Samer

Stimmen: When I arrived in Munich with my friend, I met Issa in the station restaurant.

Stimmen: Akzent

Stimmen: Badran

Stimmen: The Fedajins in the Black September organization are grouped into teams of three fighters each. At this time it was our groups turn.

Stimmen: Akzent

Stimmen: Al Dnawy

Stimmen: I remember arriving in Munich on September 2nd, 1972, around 6 ò clock.

Stimmen: 1972 Thema Moll

Stimmen: Christoph

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: What? Freed? Completely set free? No prosecution? No court cast? No verdict? Never happened anything like that? Right, that’s it. As a matter of fact it is so weird that we’re are going to tell you about it in detail in upcoming episodes. But today we are talking about the arrivals of the terrorists in Munich. Their last days and hours before the attack. My sources: The interrogation protocols of the three surviving terrorists, investigation reports and secret service’s notes.

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: INTRO

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: 1972-THEMA IN MOLL, ALS BETT UNTER INTRO

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: VOICE

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: Geheimakte 1972 – das Olympia-Attentat in München.

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: TERRORIST TELEFONSTIMME

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: Hallo Tunis! Wir haben die israelische Mannschaft in unserer Gewalt.

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: MIKA

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: GA OA Mika No Politicians Sports CUT.mp30’6

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: VOICE

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: Die ganze Geschichte – investigativ recherchiert.

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: Bisher unveröffentlichtes Material.

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: ANKIE

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: GA OA Ankie Journalist Lemmer P2 CUT.mp3

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: FADE AUF 1972-THEMA DUR

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: VOICE

The terror recruits traveled to Munich in different ways - just shortly before the attack took place. They had a few days in Munich to get used to each other. This was the beginning of the last step in a bigger plan that had startet over a year earlier in the middle east. About which the Palestinians had decided at the very top of their hierarchy. Which brought the master mind Abu Daoud to travel to Germany. Who then brought the officers Issa and Tony with him. The two men who had recruited the team members in Shatila, Beirut and elsewhere, who trained them in shooting with a Kalachnikow, who sent them traveling to Munich and picked them up at the agreed meeting points. Three of these recruits survived the attack. They were the only survivors. German police arrested them. They were taken into remand and spent some weeks in Bavarian prisons. Then they were released and set free. You might think: Geheimakte 1972.

Ein Antenne-Bayern-Podcast ––– Episode 5: München, Hauptbahnhof.

Ein Antenne-Bayern-Podcast ––– Episode 5: Story

Ein Antenne-Bayern-Podcast ––– Episode 5: Aktenstimme

Ein Antenne-Bayern-Podcast ––– Episode 5: File Notice

Personal details: Abdullah Samer Mohamed, born May 22th, 1950, in Akko. Student.

Alias: Mahmoud Hossein, born 1950 in Jerusalem.

Alias: Nadel Salem, born 1948 in Nazareth.

Real name: Al Cesi, first name Hüsseyin.

Real name: Christoph

Real name: One man. Four names. To keep it easy we will just use his alias Samer. This is also what is used in most of the files. Samer had been interrogated three times. Some of his statements were not consistent. He withdrew parts and added others. In the following I am going to use those who he kept until the end.

Real name: Samer

Real name: As a fedayin I belonged to a group that was accomodated in Damascus. In my group there was a comrade named Abu Alala. He is the one with whom I was traveling to Munich. At the time I was living at my parent’s place in a big refugee camp with around 60 000 people altogether. Abu Alala was from the same camp. My group leader was Abu Hassan. Whenever he needed people for an operation he selected them from these groups and acted as the coordination guy.

Real name: Kriminalermittler

Real name: Where did you receive your military training?

Real name: Samer

Real name: In several military camps in Syria.

Real name: Kriminalermittler

Real name: What types of arms have you been trained on?

Real name: Samer

Real name: Multiple arms, for example pistols, machine guns, canons, hand grenades.

Real name: Kriminalermittler

Real name: How do you define canons?

Real name: Samer

Real name: I have been trained with machine pistols and machine guns.

Real name: Kriminalermittler

Real name: Do you have a rank?

Real name: Samer

Real name: No, the Fedajin do not have ranks.

Real name: Akzent

Real name: Christoph

Real name: In late August he finished his terrorist-training. It was around two weeks before the attack against the Israeli Olympic team when Samer had been activated.

Real name: Samer

Real name: One week before leaving for Tripolis in Libya Abu Hassan called Abu Alala and me to come to his office. There was a guy named Issa. Abu Hassan introduced us und said, Issa would be our leader in an operation in Munich. He did not say what this operation was about. Time and place for the operation were not mentioned. All he said was that we had to go to Latakia on August 23rd und take a ship for Tripolis in Liybya.

Real name: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered:

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Al Dnawy

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Issa and Tony only said that we were meeting in Munich and that I would receive all other information there.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: But Al Dnawy didn’t travel to Germany immediately. He spent almost one more week in a hotel room in Damascus. Unlike Samer and Abu Alala. These two went on their travels on the same day. But they took a very different route and a different transportation system.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Abu Hassan escorted us to the port of Latakia on August 23rd. He handed Abu Alala and me a ticket for the ship to Tripolis and a flight ticket from Tripolis to Rome, each. He also gave us each US Dollars in a value equivalent to 1000 Syrian Lira. Issa was already on his way to Munich but I don’t know how he got there. I guess he was flying because he had to be in Munich faster then us.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: It’s obvious that during these days Issa und Tony have been commuting between Germany and Damascus. This was surprising even for the German police investigators when Al Dwany delivered his statement during the interrogation.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Kriminalermittler

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: When did you see Issa and Tony for the last time in Damascus?

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Al Dwany

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: In Damascus i met with both of them for the last time on August 23rd.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Kriminalermittler

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: That’s impossible, because Tony was in Munich in the beginning of August, already. How do you come up with this claim?

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Al Dwany

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: You cannot be right. Ich have definitely met Tony in Damascus on August 23rd.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Chances are good the Al Dwany told the truth. And it seems as if the German investigators just couldn’t imagine that the terrorists were able to fly back and forth between Germany and the middle east. Compared to this Samer’s and Abu Alala’s travel went very smoothly, at least the first leg.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: I was traveling with Abu Alala on a passenger ship named Sudan. It took off on August 23rd, around 4 pm. The shipping company was named „arabic shipping company“. In Alexandria, Egypt, we docked for the first time. The ship remained there for two days. Abu Alala and I went sightseeing in Alexandria but slept on the ship. Later we had another 12 hour stay in Benghasi where we did not leave the ship.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Then, on August 29th, Al Dnawy also started his trip to Germany. He departed from the airport of Damascus.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Al Dnawy

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: My plane left on August 29th, 1972, around 8 in the morning. It was a jet of the eastern German Interflug airline. The plane was only half full. I didn’t meet people I knew. Around three and a half hours later we were landing in Belgrade.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Right after landing Al Dnawy picks up his suitcase and enters a taxi. He is heading to the railway station.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Al Dnawy

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: I showed my US dollars to the driver and he took ten dollars for the ride. This was fairly much but we couldn’t communicate. After arriving at the railway station I asked for a connection to Munich at the information desk. I was told that there would be a direkt connection next morning, August 30th, six ò clock. I spent the night in a hotel nearby and paid seven German Marks for the stay.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: The staff at the information desk also told Al Dnawy that he should go to a travel office to buy a train ticket – which he did. He pays 40 German Marks and again is told the train would depart next morning at six. However, when came to the station he was not successful in finding it. He again asked for the right connection and is told that there was another train departing at 2 pm. So this is the one he took.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Akzent

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: While at 2 pm on August 30th in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the train with terrorist Al Dnawy rolls on, the Egyptian ship Sudan approaches the coast line near the Libyan capital of Tripolis. On board his two terrorist comrades Samer and Abu Alala. This was barely a week before the Munich massacre. At 4 pm the Sudan docked in the harbor of Tripolis. Samer and Abu Alala unboarded.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: We spent the night in the Hotel Europe, I guess in a room on the third floor. We had a double room for the both of us. We had to stay the night in Tripolis because our flight tickets had been issued for a flight to Rome on August 31st. We were flying in a Boeing, I guess it was a 727. After landing in Rome we immediately took a taxi for the railway station. Around 5 pm our train to Munich departed. We arrived in Munich on September 1st at six ò clock in the morning.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Akzent, 1972 Thema Moll

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: At the same time no one of the Israeli team in the Olympic village in Munich had a clue of what was coming. There was - for example - Mark Slavin, the youngest of the athletes. He was probably the one in the team with the best chances for a medal, maybe gold.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Akzent

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: At this point I want to highlight something. It’s not just that the Israelis at that time didn’t know what the terrorists were planning. The families of the killed athletes –to this day- dont have a full picture of what happened behind the scenes 50 years ago. This is although they struggled and fought with the German authorities to release their files to at least allow them to learn and to know what happened. When I sat with Ankie Spitzer in Israel, the wife of fencer André Spitzer, we browsed through the material that I had acquired in the archives. And I was really perplexed when I found out that I had information she never heard before. In all of these 50 years!

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Ankie

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: 150_Ankie_Terrorists Travel Route.mp30’33

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Es kam jetzt erst in ganz neuen Informationen raus, die wir erst vor kurzem von Christoph Lemmer bekommen haben, daß sie von Latakia gekommen sind, das ist ein Hafen in Syrien. Sie gingen auf ein Schiff namens Sudan und fuhren nach Alexandria und von Alexandria nach Tripolis. Sie wurden von Libyen trainiert und finanziert, sie hatten ihre Waffen von Libyen und sie hatten gefälschte Pässe aus Libyen.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: The fact that the Federal Republic of Germany to this day fails to deliver all of the details and the complete picture of what happened to the families of killed athletes is remarkable. But maybe this just changed. Just recently Gernmany agreed in founding a historian’s commission to collect all the material and make it accessible to the families. We have talked about these negotiations in our previously released special episode that we published on August 5th.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Akzent, Bahnhofsatmo

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: September 1st, friday. When Samer und Abu Alala arrive in Munich they know what to do next. Everything is planned and prepared.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: When we departed from Latakia we already knew where to go in Munich. Abu Hassan had told us that we were going to meet Issa in a restaurant in the train station. He described how to get there and we found it right away. Once you leave the platform you are entering the main building. In it you find the restaurant on the right hand side. So we went there. We just drank a cup of coffee. Then we were waiting on the passage by the platforms next to the restaurant.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Then Issa showed up und welcomed his two recruits.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Issa guided us to the Hotel Monachia. We had money on our own. Me and my comrade each had around 800 German Marks in our pockets. Issa left us without any jobs for this moment. When we went into the Hotel Monachia he told us that we would stay there one night only. He then spoke in german to an elderly man at the recaption desk, who wore glasses .

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Christoph

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Then Samer and Abu Alala had a break. They spent the next hours in the hotel room.

Same day, August 23rd, also in Damascus. Issa and Tony are meeting their other recruit Al Dnawy in a rented flat. We have introduced Al Dnawy before, in the second episode of this podcast. They handed him a passport, 50 Syrian Lira, 50 US Dollars und 700 German Marks. He remembered: Samer

Around 5: 30 or 6 pm Issa returned. He said that we would go to the Olympic stadium. We left the hotel. Since we were hungry we ate somewhere, I guess in the train station. Issa didn’t say a word about our operation and we didn’t ask. We knew that asking was forbidden. We were not in a position to ask. We took the subway to the Olympic stadium. Issa purchased the tickets for all of us. I remember that we passed five stations before we left the train.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: Visiting the olympic stadium was kind of leisure fun. They watched a game of the volleyball competition of the women, Japan versus Korea.

Around 5: Samer

Around 5: The Japanese won 3 to Zero.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: On their way back to the hotel they then passed the Olympic village und had a view on site where their operation was planned. Until then only the planners and leaders new the place, Issa, Tony and Abu Daoud. Now, for the first time, Issa showed it to the recruits.

Around 5: SAMER

Around 5: When the volleyball match was over we took the same way back which we took to get to the venue. For the first time Issa talked about details. He led us to a fence that was built around the Olympic village. He showed us a portal that we should climb over. He showed us a house, in approximately 20 meters distance, on the right side of the street. Issa said that this was the house in wchich the Israeli team resided with 26 persons. He said we invade this house on September 5th. We would enter through the back door because there would be very few people. We should then take the 26 Israelis as hostages. There would be a demand to release 200 Palestinians held bei Israel. Issa said that there also were two women in the Israeli team but somewhere at another place. We did not ask how Issa knew all this and he didn’t tell us. He said the operation would be easy.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: Then they took the subway, returned to the main station and the Hotel Monachia. Samer and Abu Alala slept for a long time.

Around 5: Akzent

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: Saturday, September 2nd. Samer and Abu Alala woke up at around 10 am. At noon the reception called and asked them to leave - since they only had the room for one night. The two check out. Abu Alala pays 63 Euros for the night. They have breakfast. Then they return to the main station and hang around. That same morning one of their other comrades had arrived there – Al Dnawy who came by train from Belgrade.

Around 5: Al Dnawy

Around 5: After my train stopped in Munich I went to a restaurant in the station. In the restaurant there was a buffet where I could stand. I ligned up to the self service and picked a half chicken, salad, as well as a piece of cake and coffee. The cashier was sitting around a corner. All in all it cost a bit under 10 German Marks.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: Al Dnawy had a few hours to kill, just as Samer and Abu Alala did. With the difference that Al Dnawy had no clue where to go for the day. He had an appointment the next day in Munich but not for the day when he arrived. So he continues to kill some time.

Around 5: Al Dnawy

Around 5: Around noon I left the main station and just walked around. I went into another restaurant but I forgot what ist called and what i ate there. During the afternoon I went on walking around.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: Problably just by coincidence his path didn’t cross the one of his comrades. When Al Dnawy walked around through the main station area in Munich Samer and Abu Alala again met their leader – in the Munich main station.

Around 5: Samer

Around 5: Around 3 o’clock Issa arrived. Together we went to a restaurant but didn’t enter. We were sitting outside on a terrace and had a cup of coffee. Then we were searching for a new hotel. Obvisiously Issa didn’t have a place for the night for us until then. After asking around in 4 or 5 hotels and not finding accommodation we went to the Hotel Augsburg around 5 pm. Issa led us on the second floor into room number 15. He already had a key for this room.

Around 5: Christoph

Around 5: They checked their new hotel room. Then Issa took the two, Samer and Abu Alala. And they went - to where? Of course, to the main station again.

Around 5: Samer

Around 5: There we met a man whom Issa introduced to us as being named Tony. This Tony should also take part in our operation. I never met him before. I don’t know when or how he travelled to Germany. From the beginning I felt that Tony and Issa knew each other well and that they had a good relationship. They looked a bit similar but I don’t know if they were brothers. To my understanding Tony must have arrived in Germany before Issa did. Tony was well versed with Germany.

Around 5: Christoph

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: 0. While Al Dnawy still did what he had done all day: Killing time, hour after hour.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: It was 8 o’clock in the evening when I again entered a restaurant, again in the main station. I remember it being a fast food restaurant. I had a sausage in a little bred. Then I went to another restaurant which was parted in two. In the first room there was a café and in the back room there was a normal restaurant. I took a seat in the café part and was sitting there until around 2 o’clock. Then I left and walked around until the morning came. I remained in the vicinity of the main station all the time. I didn’t sleep. I didn’t even try to find a room and a bed.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Kriminalermittler

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Why didn’t you look for a room?

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: I don’t know. At least I found a park bench somewhere and rested there for a while.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Christoph

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Meanwhile his comrades passed the dormitory of the Israeli athletes for a second time when they returned after watching the volleyball match.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Samer

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Saturday night, after the volleyball match, when we passed the Olympic village, Issa told us that we should keep in mind that our target would be on the fourth floor. We then took the subway to the Marienplatz. From there we went to the Hotel Augsburg. Abu Alala and I went in while Tony and Issa continued walking. I don’t know to where they went.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Akzent

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Christoph

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Sunday, September 3rd, two days before the attack. Samer, Abu Alala and Tony had their breakfast together. Al Dnawy had spent the whole night outside. He walked around, as usual. And he walked toward the main station, as usual. He enters a restaurant and has breakfast as well. Toni and Issa meet and separate from the recruits. Al Dnawy finishes breakfast and goes back to walking around and killing time.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: I was then again walking around in the area. Around 1 pm I went into the aforementioned restaurant for lunch. Then I spent the afternoon walking through the city and looking at the store windows. Around 5 pm I asked a man where I would find the station which Issa had noted on my paper sheet as our meeting point. He pointed to a subway station. I remember there was a spacious plaza. When I went downstairs there were also stores in the basement.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Kriminalermittler

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Do you know the difference between city railway and underground?

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: No, I don’t know the difference.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Christoph

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: However, El Dnawy now strictly follows the plan.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: I passed five stations when the man told me that I had to leave here, and I did. I don’t know wether it was the terminus station or not. When I left the train und went up the stairs I already saw Tony and Issa standing there. We greeted each other and I told them that I had already arrived one day earlier. Together we left the subway station.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Christoph

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Up until now Al Dnawy was not aware that he was riding to the Olympic stadium. But now he learned. Issa and Tony showed him the place. Then they returned to the subway station. They took a train to go where? Right, back to the Munich main station. They collected Al Dnawys luggage, went to the hotel and he could freshen up.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Al Dnawy

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Then we three went to the main station. In a restaurant we met Tony and three other Arabs. I think some minutes later an eighth man joined us. Issa then welcomed all of us one after the other.

This evening they again watched a match of the women’s volleyball competition, this time Cuba vs Germany. Cuba won 3: Christoph

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: how Samer described this meeting. Allegedly this was the first time that Samer and Al Dnawy met, at least knowingly.

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: Samer

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: When wir returned to the main station we saw Toni, Issa und four other men sitting together. They were eating. Issa introduced these newly arrived four men to us.

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: Christoph

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: Now it starting to heat up. Toni and Issa fail to acquire another hotel room. Munich is booked up during the Olympic Games. To of the newly arrived are extremely tired. They lay down in the beds of one of the rooms in the Hotel Augsburg - where Tony also slept. Next morning the room the maid complained. She claims it being inappropriate that three men were sleeping in the same room. Issa solves the problem. He pays another 150 German Marks on top of the hotel bill. Then the entire group heads off – to the main station.

This is how Al Dnawy remembered this first meeting of the now completed terror squad team. And now: Al Dnawy

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: 0. After the game we went into a bar. We were drinking beer, one can - each of us. Then we walked across the Olympic premises. Thats when we came to the houses that Issa and Tony explained to us had all the delegations acommodated. They showed us a fence that separated the areas around the houses. Nothing more spoken as this.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Christoph

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Monday, September 4th. The day before the attack against the Israeli team.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Samer

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: At monday noon we all went to the main station together for breakfast. Tony and Issa were with us. But these two went away because they had something to do. Later on I went to my room with Tony - and there were three black suitcases, one of them a bit smaller than the others. All three were decorated with a slim stripe of aluminium. I hadnt seen these cases before. I asked Tony what they were for and he said, they contained weapons. He and Issa had acquired them when we had breakfast in the main station. Tony did not mention from where they had the cases and I didn’t ask.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: AKZENT

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Christoph

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: At the same time in the Netherlands. Israeli fencer André Spitzer, just married to the young Dutch lady Ankie, father of a newborn daughter, had taken the opportunity to escape from Munich for a short visit at Ankies parents who took care ofthe baby. He was in a hurry. Back to munich for being there ontime when the Olympic games came to their end and the plane would be ready to fly back to Israel. Ankie drove him to the Amsterdam railway station. They were too late. The train was gone. Ankie takes the driver’s seat and floors it.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Ankie

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: 08B_Ankie_Next Station Got Train.mp300’34

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Also bin ich wie eine Verrückte die 30 Kilometer bis zum nächsten Bahnhof gefahren. Ich habe das Auto direkt vor dem Bahnhofsportal hingestellt. Wir sind reingerannt. Er hatte noch kein Ticket. Aber der Zug stand noch auf dem Gleis. Damals, vor 50 Jahren, da konnte man noch die Türen aufdrücken und einsteigen. Heute ist das unmöglich. Der Zug rollte schon an, wir haben die Tür aufgedrückt, er sprang rein. Und aus einem Fenster rief er mir noch zu, ich rufe an, wenn ich im Olympiadorf bin.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Christoph

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: The last time Ankie and André see each other.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Akzent

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Christoph

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Back to Munich, same time. Final meeting of the terrorists.

We were all sitting together and had coffee. Issa then asked if we would like to watch a soccer game in the Olympic stadium. He said it was Russia vs Morocco. We all appreciated that. By subway we went to the Olympic stadium. When we arrived it had already gone dark. The game had already begun. The lights were switched on. We had seats. Russia won 3: Samer

I saw the weapons for the first time when the others returned with sports bags and when they were given to us. It was around 10: 30 pm when we received the weapons.

I saw the weapons for the first time when the others returned with sports bags and when they were given to us. It was around 10: Christoph

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: 3 am.

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Issa habe dann el Alala zum

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: samer

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Darwish and I couldn’t sleep. We stayed awake. Around 11 pm I had to ask our comrades from room number 15 to join us in room number 12. Issa and Tony opened the three suitcases. There were eight machine guns and ten hand grenades in there. The guns where wrapped in clothes. It were all yellow cotton clothes. The grenades were of American origin and the guns of Russian. For each of the guns there was a double magazine containing of two magazines taped together. Each of the magazines should hold 30 bullets but I counted them and found out that one or two were missing. This was the case with all of the magazines. Each of us received one machine gun, one double magazine and one hand grenade. Also each of us received cigarettes and fruits. They delivered the sports bags to us, for each of us a white Puma bag. Everyone then took clothes from his personal baggage and wrapped the guns into the clothes. I took two trousers and two shirts.

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Christoph

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Then the readily packed sports bags had been put into the suitcases. Tony, Issa and a third man carry them away. He didn’t know where, Samer said. All men had to hand over their passports to the leaders. When they returned – briefing in the hotel room. Issa presented a sheet of paper with a sketch on it.

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Samer

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: We should split in two groups and take taxis to the Olympic premises. Each group should walk to a place that was marked with the number one on the sketch. At this place there was a tree. The first group should be leaded by Tony. To his group belonged Ahmad, Hussam and Afif. All others were under Issas command. These two groups should climb over the fence one after the other and go to the building’s back door. The house where the Israelis were accommodated. He said we had to go into the room at the right side. He said furthermore we shouldn’t be nervous and shoot only when urgently necessary. He didn’t say more than that.

Issa then sent Al Alala shopping – four kilograms of peaches, four kilograms of bananas, and three cartons of cigarettes. All of the terrorists were smokers. The others should lay down and have a rest. Planned start time for the operation: Samer

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: 30 the first group which was Tony’s left the hotel. The second followed ten minutes later. We sat into the taxi. Issa told the driver where to go. I didn’t understand because it was in German. We drove to the Olympic area but not to the building. We had to walk to the place where we should climb over the fence which took about 15 minutes. Issa knew where to go.

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: 1972 Thema Moll

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: Christoph

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: What follows is a terrorist crime of historic dimension including an epic fail of police and state. We are able to reconstruct the attack that startet early in the morning of September 5th, 1972, and ended early in the morning of September 6th - almost minute by minute. And we are meeting two brave police women, whose role was highly underestimated over all these 50 years – by historians and journalists who reported about this terrorist attack. We are going to correct this within the next episodes that reconstruct the day of the attack. And we are going to break the rules usually applied to podcasts. We are going to publish three episodes for this day – a nearly minute by minute reconstruction of real time plus 50 years. The first of these three at 4 o’clock in the morning.

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: Outro

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: You like this podcast? Consider writing a review, sharing it with your friends or clicking like or full five stars. You feel you have something to contribute? Contact me via email to geheimakte@antenne.de

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: STINGER

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: VOICE

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: Geheimakte 1972 – das Olympia-Attentat in München. Ein ANTENNE BAYERN Podcast.

After the briefing we all came together at 1 o’clock. We went to the main station and were eating. Around 2 0’clock we went back to the Hotel Augsburg. Around 2: Closer