The Munich Olympics were one of the most tragic events in the games history. Israeli Olympians were killed by Palestinian terrorists as they attempted to compete for their country. One Day in September is a documentary that shows how German incompetence, Israeli intransigence, and Palestinian extremism led to the death of athletes who wanted to compete at the pinnacle of their sports.
One of the Palestinian terrorists, the only survivor of the events and Israeli reprisals, is interviewed and shares his point of view. Countless German officials give their perspective as they were trying to get the hostages free and redeem the image of their nation in the first German Olympics since Hitler’s Berlin propaganda games. Israeli’s who watched their loved ones and country men being held hostage and murdered shared their stories as well. It is a unique and heart wrenching portrait of the high costs of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.
I would highly recommend viewing this film. It humanizes every actor in the conflict and shows us just how devastating and far reaching violence and oppression can be. Frank Herbert wrote that we cannot escape the violence of our ancestors. This film showed just how accurate that statement is.
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