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Munich widow launches petition for memorial at Olympics

By GIL STERN STERN SHEFLER

JULY 2, 2012 17:46

The campaign to hold a minute of silence for the victims of the Munich Massacre at the upcoming Olympics in London is gathering steam, recently receiving the endorsement of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.

Now, the widow of one of the Israeli sportsmen killed in the 1972 attack carried out by Palestinian terrorists has launched an online petition in support of the initiative.

Ankie Spitzer, who was married to fencing coach Andre Spitzer, asked the public to sign the petition calling for a minute's silence to be held during the opening ceremony in London later this month.

"I have no political or religious agenda," she wrote on the Website www.change.org/minuteofsilence. "Just the hope that my husband and the other men who went to the Olympics in peace, friendship and sportsmanship are given what they deserve. One minute of silence will clearly say to the world that what happened in 1972 can never happen again. Please do not let history repeat itself."

So far the Olympic Committee organizing the Games has rejected such calls saying the venue was wrong. It said it would hold a memorial to the 11 killed Israelis at a separate event.

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