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Andre Spitzer

A flower wreath with the Israeli flag is seen at Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentatat, the memorial site for the 11 Israeli athletes and German police officer killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Olympic Park in Munich, southern Germany, August 17, 2022. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP)
August 30, 2022, 4:50 pm
Families of Munich Olympic victims said close to compensation deal with Germany
Agreement could pave the way for family members to participate in upcoming 50th anniversary memorial ceremony after earlier vows to boycott over payment dispute
By ToI Staff
The 11 Israeli Munich Olympics victims.
August 11, 2022, 7:22 pm
Families of Munich Olympics victims vow to boycott memorial over compensation battle
Ankie Spitzer, wife of murdered fencing coach Andre Spitzer, calls on President Herzog to also stay away from 50th-anniversary event, citing German government’s ‘degrading’ offer
By ToI Staff and AP
Israeli Ankie Spitzer, widow of the Israeli Olympic fencing coach Andrei Spitzer killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, talks to the media during a news conference ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, in July (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
July 13, 2012, 6:52 pm
Ankie Spitzer’s 40-year quest for Olympic justice
Her husband, Israel’s fencing coach, was murdered at the Olympics, as an Olympian. His widow will never relent until the Olympic authorities commemorate him and Israel’s 10 other Munich 1972 massacre victims within the Olympic framework. In London this month, anti-Semitism and greed, she says, will continue to thwart that moral obligation
By Mitch Ginsburg
A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, which killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)
From the WebJune 27, 2012, 10:14 pm
Munich Olympics massacre: The fight for remembrance
Ankie Spitzer, whose husband Andre was among those murdered at the 1972 Games, tells The Guardian why she is determined to see his memory honored in London
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