The relatives of the eleven Israelis killed at the time are threatening to boycott the commemoration ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Munich Olympics attack. “None of us will come unless the question of compensation is finally settled.”said Ankie Spitzer, the spokeswoman for the bereaved, of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.
The government apparently sees no need for action
50 years after the games in September and the assassination, the city of Munich is planning a commemoration event to which the families of the victims should also be invited. According to Spitzer, the bereaved are demanding a “normal compensation according to international standards“. As a precedent, the relatives refer to the compensation payments for the Lockerbie attack, in which ten million US dollars were later paid per victim.