#VantageOnFirstpost | On this day in 1972, the Munich Olympics massacre took place, when terrorists attacked the Olympic Village in Germany during the Summer Games, taking hostages and ultimately killing 11 people. | @palkisharmaupadhyay | Firstpost

September 5 and 6 mark the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Massacre which took place at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. The massacre, carried out by the militant group Black September, was an attack on members of the Israeli Olympic team, resulting in the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and a West German police officer. Holocaust survivor Shaul Ladany recalled escaping the attack and warning the chief of the mission. After surviving both the Holocaust and the Munich Massacre, he leaves