Hili Tropper, Israel's minister of culture and sport, said the moment of commemoration was "historic justice". "We went through 49 years of struggle and never gave up. They lost their husbands - weightlifter Yossef Romano and fencing coach Andre Spitzer - in the attack. "Justice has finally been done for the husbands, fathers and sons who were murdered in Munich," widows Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer, who watched the ceremony in the stadium, said in a statement. The IOC at the time decided not to stop or interrupt the Games
Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a standoff and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire. 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. "One group still holds a strong place in all our memories and stand for all those we have lost at the games - the members of the Israeli delegation at the Olympic Games Munich 1972," the announcer added as the stadium darkened and a soft blue light illuminated parts of the arena. "We, the Olympic community, also remember all the Olympians and members of our community who have so sadly left us, in particular we remember those who lost their lives during the Olympic Games," said an announcer during the opening ceremony. The families of the 11 killed had long asked the International Olympic Committee to hold a minute's silence at a Games opening ceremony but had been turned down for almost half a century.
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