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. |