David Berger דוד ברגר

David Berger grows up in Cleveland, USA and receives his doctorate in law from Columbia University in New York. In 1970 he emigrates to Israel to open a law office there and to fulfill his dream of participating in the Olympic Games. He already competed in his competitions when he falls into the hands of the hostage-takers. David Berger dies on September 6, 1972 in Fürstenfeldbruck.

Anton Fliegerbauer

Anton Fliegerbauer grows up on a farm in Lower Bavaria. He has a young son with his wife Maria. During the Olympic Games, he is part of the second squad of riot police. The police officer, who is one of the best shooters in the Munich police force, is fatally wounded in Fürstenfeldbruck during the firefight with the terrorists.

Ze’ev Friedman זאב פרידמן

Ze'ev Friedman is born in the Soviet Union. His family manages to emigrate to Israel via Poland. In his new home, he stands out as an exceptional sporting talent. He focuses  on weightlifting, earning the gym instructor the Israeli bantamweight championship seven years in a row. Ze'ev Friedman is considered Israel's big medal hope at the Olympics, finishing 12th in his weight class in bantamweight. He is murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.

Yossef Gutfreund יוסף גוטפרוינד

Holocaust survivor Yossef Gutfreund emigrates to Israel in 1948. The father of two runs an electronics store and workes both as a trainer and referee for wrestlers. The Olympic Games in Munich are his fourth as a referee. Yossef Gutfreund's courageous action enables some of his teammates to escape by pushing himself against the door as the terrorists enter the Israelis' quarters. He is killed in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.

Eliezer Halfin אליעזר חלפין

Eliezer Halfin grows up in Riga, he’s the son of Holocaust survivors. After many years the family finally emigrates to Israel in 1969. After being successful as a wrestler in his youth, the trained car mechanic manages to fulfill his dream of participating in the Olympic Games in 1972. Eliezer Halfin is murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.

Yossef Romano יוסף רומנ

Weightlifter and father of three, Yossef Romano is one of the most experienced members of the Olympic team as a 10-time Israeli middleweight champion. During a competition in Munich, he suffers a torn tendon that requires an operation. His return flight to Israel is scheduled for September 6, 1972. When Romano dares to counterattack at the beginning of the hostage-taking, he is shot down by the terrorists and badly injured. He bleeds to death in front of his friends on September 5, 1972 in the Israeli apartments in the Olympic Village.

Kehat Schor קהת שור

Kehat Schor is a Holocaust survivor who hid in the Romanian Carpathians. For years he tries to emigrate to Israel with his family. It is not until 1963 that the Romanian regime gives permission to the well-known marksman. As the national trainer for marksman, he takes part in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico and also travels to Munich in 1972. While the sports shooters Henry Hershkovitz and Zeil Shtroch, who are in his care, are able to flee, Kehat Schor is taken hostage and murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.

Mark Slavin מרק סלבין

Mark Slavin grows up in Minsk, Soviet Union. He is trained as a wrestler at an elite sports school and in 1971 he wins the youth championship of the Soviet Union. Because of the rampant anti-Semitism, he decides to emigrate and arrives in Israel three months before the Olympic Games. As a great hope for a medal, he is naturalized immediately. Even before his first competition, Mark Slavin falls into the hands of the kidnappers and is killed on September 6, 1972 in Fürstenfeldbruck.

Yakov Springer יעקב שפרינגר

After Yakov Springer is the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, he returns to Poland from Moscow after the war. The weightlifter takes part in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games for Poland and also works in the Ministry of Sport. After emigrating to Israel in 1957, the father of two plays a key role in establishing weightlifting in Israel. He is murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972 during his third Olympic participation as a referee.

Moshe Weinberg משה ויינברג

Moshe Weinberg, known as Muni, is born in Haifa, where his family fled from Vienna to escape the Nazi regime. He becomes youth wrestling champion eight times and a coach himself after his active career. At the Olympic Games in Munich he looks after the wrestlers Eliezer Halfin and Mark Slavin. When Moshe Weinberg resists at the beginning of the hostage-taking, he is shot by the terrorists and bleeds to death. He is the first casualty of the attack. He dies on September 5, 1972 in the Olympic Village.

Andrei Spitzer אנדרי שפיצר

The son of Holocaust survivors is born in Romania and emigrates to Israel with his mother in 1964. As a passionate fencer, he is sent to the Netherlands by the fencing association in 1968 and meets his future wife Ankie there. He takes part in the Olympic Games in Munich as a fencer coach. During the games, his daughter, who is only a few months old and stays with her grandparents in the Netherlands, falls ill. He travels there with his wife and returns to the Olympic Village only a few hours before the hostage-taking. Andrei Spitzer is murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.

Amitzur Shapira עמיצור שפירא

Amitzur Shapira is born in Tel Aviv and is a successful track and field athlete. After his active career, he works as a sports teacher and coach. He coaches the national athletics team at the 1964 Olympic Games. In Munich he trains the great medal hope of the Israeli Olympic team, hurdler Esther Shahamorov. He has been coaching her since she was 14 years old. Munich is supposed to be the highlight of both their careers. Amitzur Shapira is murdered in Fürstenfeldbruck on September 6, 1972.