For 43 years, the families of the victims of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics have pushed and lobbied the German government and the International Olympic Committee for some kind of official acknowledgment to publicly honor those killed in the massacre.
Now they may be closer than ever.
Construction is set to begin later this year on a memorial for the victims, German government officials and one victim’s widow said. The memorial will be within the site of the former athletes’ village in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were taken hostage by members of the Palestinian group Black September.