PHOTOS: President Rivlin Visiting Germany To Inaugurate Memorial To Athletes Murdered At Munich Olympics

(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE)

President Reuven Rivlin departed for Germany on Tuesday evening the eve of 15 Elul, for a visit to Germany at the invitation of German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, where he will inaugurate a memorial to the Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

President Steinmeier, together with Minister-President of Bavaria Horst Seehofer who initiated the event, will accompany President Rivlin in inaugurated the memorial in Munich, in memory of the 11 Israeli Olympians and trainers murdered by terrorists in 1972, marking 45 years since the attack.

“Forty-five years after the massacre, international terrorism continues to threaten and strike innocent civilians. There are still those who see the massacre of the sportsmen as an heroic act,” said the President before departing. “The center which we will inaugurate must carry a message for the whole world: There can be no apologizing for terror. Terror must be condemned unequivocally, everywhere. In Barcelona, in London, in Paris, in Berlin, in Jerusalem, everywhere. We, the international community, must stand untied in the struggle against terror, determined to fight and defeat it.”