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Yossef Gutfreund (1932 - September 6, 1972) was an Israeli wrestling judge for his country's 1972 Olympic team. He was killed in the Munich massacre by Black September terrorists along with 10 other members of the Israeli team. The Wrestlers from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ...
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
One of the Black September terrorists on the balcony of the Israeli team quarters at the Olympic village The Munich Massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, a group with...
A Black September operative on a balcony in the Olympic Village in September 1972, during what became known as the Munich Massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed. ...
Kidnap and death On September 5 1972, Gutfreund was sleeping in the Israeli coaches' quarters in the Olympic Village. At around 4:30 am he heard a noise outside of his apartment's door and went to investigate, thinking that it might be wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg, who had the other key to the door. He saw the door begin to open and caught a glimpse of masked men with guns on the other side. He threw his considerable (132 kilograms) weight against the door to try to hold it closed when the intruders attempted to enter the apartment, and screamed a warning which allowed his roommate, weightlifting coach Tuvia Sokolovsky, to smash a window and escape. In the adjacent Apartment 2, race-walker Dr. Shaul Ladany was jolted awake by Gutfreund's screams and also managed to escape the building. Gutfreund's herculean efforts held the intruders out for valuable seconds, but he and eight other members of Israeli's Olympic team were subsequently captured by the terrorists. Two others who resisted the kidnappers, wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano, were killed by the intruders during the initial break-in. Moshe Weinberg (sometimes Weinberger) (1939 - September 5, 1972) was the coach of the Israeli international wrestling team as well as being the coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv. ...
Moshe Weinberg (sometimes Weinberger) (1939 - September 5, 1972) was the coach of the Israeli international wrestling team as well as being the coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv. ...
Twenty-one hours later, on September 6, Gutfreund was shot and killed by the terrorists during a failed rescue attempt by West German authorities. He was 40 years old.
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