Remembering History: 1972 A masked Palestinian terrorist looks out from a balcony of the athletes' housing complex during the Munich Summer Olympics. On September 5, eight Palestinian guerrillas took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, and subsequently murdered all of them, in what came to be known as the Munich Massacre — the most infamous and violent outrage in Olympic history. Originally published in the September 15,1972, issue of LIFE.

1972 A masked Palestinian terrorist looks out from a balcony of the athletes' housing complex during the Munich Summer Olympics. On September 5, eight Palestinian guerrillas took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, and subsequently murdered all of them, in what came to be known as the Munich Massacre — the most infamous and violent outrage in Olympic history. Originally published in the September 15,1972, issue of LIFE.

1972 A masked Palestinian terrorist looks out from a balcony of the athletes' housing complex during the Munich Summer Olympics. On September 5, eight Palestinian guerrillas took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, and subsequently murdered all of them, in what came to be known as the Munich Massacre — the most infamous and violent outrage in Olympic history. Originally published in the September 15,1972, issue of LIFE.