Memorial Services Commemorating the 20th and 40th anniversaries of the Munich Massacre where 11 Israeli athletes weremurdered by Palestinian terrorists.
July 26, 1984 - A public memorial held at the Simon Wiesenthal Center was led by Mimi Weinberg, the widowand Guri, the son of Moshe Weinberg, the Israeli wrestler who heroically held terrorists at bay, enabling others to flee before he was cut downby the terrorists. Hundreds of others including athletes from around the world came together at the SWC.
July 27, 2012 – Today in Los Angeles, at the site of the 1932 & 1984 Olympic Games, Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Centerfounder and dean, and associate dean, attended a memorial service led by Israeli Consul General David Siegel and attended by community leaders includingthe widow (Mimi) and son (Guri) of Moshe Weinberg, the Israeli wrestler killed in Munich.
“Sports are a bridge for love, communication and the spreading of peace between nations and should not be used fordivisiveness and the spread of racism” Jibril Rajoub, Palestinian Olympic Committee head & ex-Fatah senior official's outrageous denunciation of calls for a minute ofsilence for the Munich 11
Why the IOC will never memorialize the '72 Munichmassacre "Are you equating the murder of my husband to the terrorists that killed him?" - Response of widowof an Israeli athlete murdered at the Munich Games to an IOC official who claimed a moment of silence would also have to remember the Palestinians whodied there. By Guri Weinberg, son of Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestler killed in Munich
Jerusalem – In conjunction with International Holocaust Memorial Day, which is observed all over the world onJanuary 27, the Simon Wiesenthal Center...
