This work, German Bundeswehr Reserve and U.S. Army Brigade Celebrate 40 Years of Military Cooperation and Friendship, by SGT Marvin Lopez, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page attend a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1972 Munich Massacre | Photo: AP Germany's president asked for forgiveness on Monday for his country's failure to protect Israeli athletes and team members who were murdered 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympics Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram "We cannot make right what happened," Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a gathering including relatives of the dead and Israeli officials during commemorations at the airfield where a failed rescue attempt took place Palestinians from the Black September terrorist group took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage on Sept eight members of a Palestinian group called Black September clambered over the unguarded fence of the Olympic village They burst into the building where the Israeli team was staying killing wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossi Romano The attackers demanded a plane and safe passage to Cairo the assailants and their hostages were allowed to leave aboard two helicopters for Fuerstenfeldbruck.Sharpshooters at the airfield opened fire The attackers threw a grenade into one of the helicopters carrying hostages and shot the hostages in the other helicopter The Olympics were put on hold for 34 hours but then resumed with then International Olympic Committee chief Avery Brundage insisting that "the Games must go on." a German policeman and five of the Palestinian terrorists died after a stand-off at the Olympic village and the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield Steinmeier said Germany should shoulder its share of responsibilities for the "catastrophic" failures to protect the athletes and for taking decades to compensate the victims' families As head of state of this country and in the name of the Federal Republic of Germany I ask for forgiveness for insufficient protection of the athletes for insufficient resolution of this matter," Steinmeier said "We also bear responsibility as hosts for not preventing what we should have prevented." The Games continued in 1972 after the attacks and the IOC took almost half a century to comply with families requests for an official act of remembrance at the Games It finally held a moment of silence and mentioned the Munich victims at last year's Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony "Please forgive me Andre that it took me so long," she said "Although we are finally reaching our goals after 50 years at the end of the day you are still gone and nothing can change that "Everybody is asking me now if I feel closure They don't understand that there will never be closure Families had threatened to boycott the event following disagreements over the size of Germany's compensation offer The dispute was resolved after Germany's government and the Israeli families agreed on Friday on a package worth a total of 28 million euros ($27.77 million) As flags across all state buildings in the Bavarian capital flew at half-mast Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Steinmeier laid a wreath at the site "The decision to take responsibility for the failures surrounding and following the massacre to allow for an objective and rigorous inquiry and to compensate the victims' families is part of that sanctification of the good and triumph over evil," Herzog said The ceremony was attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach and other officials Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories You think I'm gonna put up with this sh*t at my bar Newly revealed SS officer tape provides direct evidence of Hitler's explicit command for Jewish extermination A group called "Youth Demand" called on protesters to come to the site Analysis  Archaeology Blogpost Business & Finance Culture Exclusive Explainer Environment Features Health In Brief Jewish World Judea and Samaria Lifestyle Cyber & Internet Sports Diplomacy  Iran & The Gulf Gaza Strip Politics Shopping Terms of use Privacy Policy Submissions Contact Us The first issue of Israel Hayom appeared on July 30 Israel Hayom was founded on the belief that the Israeli public deserves better more balanced and more accurate journalism [contact-form-7 id=”508379″ html_id=”isrh_form_Newsletter_en” title=”newsletter_subscribe”] Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article The West German invitation had been extended to offer the world a contrast to the horrifying spectacle of Berlin Munich organizers spent less than $2 million on security as thousands of athletes from more than 120 countries celebrated the opening ceremonies of what the organizers had dubbed Die Heiteren Spiele (“The Cheerful Games”) a race walker who survived the attack after escaping from Apartment 2 suggested that it was much more likely that his room was bypassed because he was housed with members of the Israeli shooting team The terrorists had struggled to subdue the unarmed men in Apartment 1; 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A joint drill by the Israeli and German air forces on Tuesday included a historic flyover above the Dachau concentration camp and Munich in memory of the Holocaust and victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre Two Israeli F-16s and two German Eurofighters escorted an Israeli Air Force Gulfstream G-550 carrying the commanders of both air forces – Israel Air Force Commander Maj Amikam Norkin and chief of the German air force Lt Ingo Gerhartz – over the camp memorial outside Munich while a third Eurofighter filmed the formation from the sky  Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter As the Israeli fighter jets approached the Dachau site Norkin said: "From the past's memory of darkness we carry on our wings a future obligation Then the flyover passed above the Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were murdered during the 1972 Summer Olympics in a terrorist attack carried out by the Black September Palestinian terrorist group a formal memorial service was conducted at the Dachau camp with German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff in attendance Among the Israeli delegation members were descendants of Holocaust survivors deputy commander of the IAF's 109th Squadron who is a grandson of a Holocaust survivor of Dachau will extend over two weeks and is being held as part of the Multinational Air Group exercise which sees air forces from NATO and allied states engage in maneuvers It was the first joint exercise between the IAF and German Air Force to take place on German soil and was also the only international exercise the IAF is conducting abroad this year The German Air Force held joint exercises in Israel last fall According to an IAF statement from earlier in the week the purpose of the exercise was to continue enhancing the IAF's capabilities maintain its readiness to contend with various scenarios and to continue strengthening its bonds and cooperation with allied air forces Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories Israeli Air Force employs some 50 munitions to target Houthi infrastructure in Yemen 24 hours after missile strike close to.. Publisher of Israel Hayom received the prestigious "Druze Community Honorary Award" for her significant contributions toward Israel's security and the.. Israel has launched Operation "Port City," striking concrete plants and cargo docks at the Houthi-controlled port in coordination with.. The attack ended with the death of 11 members of the Israeli team and a German policeman The ceremony was attended by the German Federal President The families of the victims and the President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Israel The European Olympic Committees were represented by IOC Member Daina Gudzineviciute and the NOC of Germany by its President © IOC / Greg MartinDespite this terrible loss, neither the relatives nor the National Olympic Committee of Israel turned their backs on the Games. Israeli athletes have in fact taken part in all subsequent Olympic Games, the IOC President said. Concluding his speech, he reminded everyone that the Olympic Games unite the entire world in peaceful competition. “That is why our commemoration ceremony today has an even deeper meaning: We stand together, united in our remembrance, but also in our commitment to the peace mission of the Olympic Games. In this way, we show that the values of human solidarity and peace are stronger than all the forces of hatred and division.” Earlier in the day, a ceremony was also held in Munich at the memorial commemorating the victims of the terrorist attack. The IOC laid a wreath. Israeli NOC President Yael Arad said that the Israeli victims are still “a source of strength and inspiration for every young athlete who represents Israel in the international arena, and every performance and achievement is part of the legacy left behind by the members of the delegation to the Olympic Games in Munich 1972.” IOC NewsMunich 1972: Era-defining Games of joy and tragedy Olympic Channel“72 – A Gathering of Champions” documentary series on olympics.com revisits Munich 1972 through the powerful stories of its Olympians AthletesIOC President Thomas Bach joins brand-new Athlete Town Hall event Paris 2024IOC President Bach in Paris to meet President Macron, and visit the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Germany (AP) — Relatives of Israelis slain by Palestinian gunmen during the 1972 Olympics in Munich are marking its 40th anniversary with Israeli and German officials at the air base where most of the 12 victims died Israeli and Bavarian flags were lowered to half-staff at the beginning of Wednesday's ceremony at the Fuerstenfeldbruck air base Relatives of the victims lit candles in their memory They were joined by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom when terrorists slipped into the unguarded Olympic Village in Munich seized the Israeli compound and demanded the release of jailed comrades By the time the violence ended at Fuerstenfeldbruck the following day 11 Israelis and one German police officer were dead Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed 2022Get email notification for articles from Yossi Melman FollowAug 18 2022The families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered in the 1972 Munich Olympics feel like participants in the theater of the absurd They announced that they would boycott the memorial ceremony at the monument built in memory of their loved ones at the city’s Olympic village which failed to protect the athletes and botched the rescue operation BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Tuesday raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online Police questioned the suspects and confiscated evidence from their homes The suspects were said to have celebrated the attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on Oct and were accused of spreading hate speech against Jewish people on social media using symbols of banned terrorist organizations The police operation focused on Bavaria’s capital city of Munich where nine of the accused resided Further searches were carried out in the Bavarian towns of Fuessen and Kaufbeuren as well as in the counties of Passau One suspect allegedly sent a sticker in a WhatsApp school class chat showing a clown with the words “Gas the Jews.” Another person allegedly posted on his account that “the Jewish sons” deserved nothing more than to be “exterminated,” dpa reported is accused of posting a picture of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler shortly after the Oct 7 attacks with the caption “I could kill all the Jews but I left some alive to show you why I killed them.” Next to it the caption “Free Palestine” and an emoji with a victory sign antisemitism has an impact on the daily life of many Jews in Germany,” Michael Weinzierl the Bavarian police commissioner against hate crime told dpa “the terrorist attack by Hamas against Israel also has an impact on their lives in Germany,” Weinzierl said it was important to show Jews and Israelis living in the state “that we stand behind them here in Bavaria that we protect them here and also protect them from hostility.” Last month, Germany’s chancellor and president strongly denounced a rise in antisemitism in the country in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war Germany has strict rules against hate speech. Raids in connection with the publication of banned symbols such as swastikas and other Nazi symbols are not uncommon in which the Nazis and their henchmen murdered 6 million European Jews The Israel-Hamas war erupted after the militant group’s surprise attacks on Israel killed about 1,200 people. Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza have so far killed more than 12,700 people according to Palestinian health authorities A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices 2023Germany has appointed an eight-person commission to re-appraise the attack on Israeli athletes and team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics to answer unresolved questions German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement released on Friday there was a lack of understanding or reappraisal of the events transparency about them or acceptance of responsibility for them," she said The project is part of a larger government approach to seek reconciliation with the families affected including a compensation offer of 28 million euros ($30.67 million) Palestinians from the Black September militant group took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage on Sept a German policeman and five of the Palestinian gunmen died after a stand-off at the Olympic village and the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield The Games continued in 1972 after the attacks and the IOC took almost half a century to comply with families' requests for an official act of remembrance at an Olympic event Last August, the families of the murdered athletes threatened to not attend an event marking the 50th anniversary of the attack due to the small amount of compensation offered to them by the German government Several days before the event, the German government announced a settlement was reached is very aware of its responsibility for an intensive reappraisal of the terrible events," the statement read "The focus is on the dignified commemoration of each individual victim as well as the still current political dimension of the attack," it added The deal reached between the two sides "includes reappraisal of the events by a commission of German and Israeli historians the release of files in accordance with the law the classification and acceptance of political responsibility...and the provision of further recognition," according to the statement "We welcome the results of the discussions. This agreement cannot heal the wounds, but it includes an acceptance of responsibility on Germany’s part and its recognition of the terrible suffering of the victims, whom we shall commemorate next week, and of their loved ones,” they added. many phones have been unable to be looked at by Apple Store Geniuses I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 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For the latest on flooding in Germany, click here. 06/03/2024June 3, 2024Mass school closures across BavariaBavaria's Ministry for Education and Culture announced the cancellation of in-person classes at over 40 schools in eight districts across the state on Sunday evening. The closures will be in effect for the coming week in the districts of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Aichach-Friedberg, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau, Dillingen und Augsburg, where elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as technical schools, nurseries and kindergartens will be closed due to flooding. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Immediate evacuations ordered along the Danube as dams weakenRegional authorities ordered the "immediate evacuation" of several villages in Bavaria's Donau-Ries District along the Danube and Schmutter rivers Sunday evening.  The Donauwörth District Administration said the decision — affecting the villages of Auchsesheim, Heissesheim, Nordheim, Mertingen, Asbach-Bäumenheim and Urfahrhof — had been prompted by a "massive weakening" dams in the area.  Authorities advised residents to, "remain calm, pack necessary items and documents, and follow the instructions of emergency services crews at the scene."  The District Administration's website also informed residents that emergency shelters had been set up for those who could not stay with friends or relatives. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Senior citizen and nursing home on the Donau evacuated A Bavarian senior citizen and nursing home on the banks of the Danube has been evacuated as floodwaters continue to rise across the region Sunday evening. The city of Lauingen announced the decision on its website after closely monitoring the situation throughout Saturday and Sunday, saying it had been taken to ensure the long-term care of residents in the more than 100-bed facility. Residents will be temporarily housed in a nearby educational center. 2024More heavy rain forecast for southern Germany on Sunday and MondayThe German Weather Service (DWD) on Sunday forecast more heavy rain across southern Germany on Sunday and Monday after several municipalities in the region received more rainfall in 24 hours than they normally do in one month Especially heavy rain is expected in the Stuttgart region on Sunday, with thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast for an area stretching from the Alps as far north as Saxony Overnight storms are expected to hit an area extending from the Black Forest in the southwest, across the entire south of Germany to the Bavarian Forest bordering Czechia to the east. More of the same is on tap for Monday with the DWD warning that some areas could expect up to 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) of rain per square meter within an hour's time.  The DWD said that on Friday, Kisslegg in Baden-Württemberg received 130 millimeters of rainfall per square meter within 24 hours, and Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria received 129 millimeters per square meter during that same time. Average monthly precipitation in each for May stands at 118 and 101 millimeters per square meter respectively. 2024Rescue operations underway in Bavaria as water levels continue to riseRescue crews are continuing their efforts for a third day as heavy rains drench southern Germany and force thousands to be evacuated DW spoke with several locals about their experience Germany floods: Amid disaster, cleanup efforts beginTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Chancellor Scholz expected to visit flood zone on MondayGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to visit southern Germany on Monday to meet with local leaders and view affected areas firsthand News agency AFP cited government sources when it reported the plan On Sunday, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck traveled to Bavaria, where he joined State Premier Markus Söder in Reichertshofen, which was especially hard hit. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Flooding disrupts train services and AutobahnA dam collapse has prompted the closure of a 50-kilometer (31-mile) stretch of the A9 Autobahn between Ingolstadt and Munich according to police in Upper Bavaria Police say they have never experienced such flooding in the area and offered no information as to how long the road would be closed only advising residents to stay clear of the area to keep themselves safe and not hinder rescue operations Train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) also issued several updates on Sunday, among them an announcement that train services in southern Germany would remain limited on Monday, June 3. DB said travelers who had purchased tickets for Sunday and Monday would be allowed to use these at a later time.  DB did not give details as to the extent of the disruptions or how long they may last, simply advising travelers to avoid traveling in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg until the situation improved.  06/02/2024June 2, 2024Bavarian Interior Ministry: 3,000 evacuated so farA spokeswoman for Bavaria's Interior Ministry on Sunday said 3,000 residents had been evacuated from their homes as floodwaters inundated the southern German state, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily newspaper.  Currently, more than 20,000 emergency services workers are involved in search and rescue efforts across Bavaria. More than 40,000 have been deployed since flooding began on Friday. The Defense Ministry said on X, formerly Twitter, that around 800 soldiers had also been deployed. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Evacuations in Günzburg as Danube floods parts of cityRescuers were working to evacuate people from the city of Günzburg, roughly halfway between Munich and Stuttgart, amid rising levels of the Danube River. "Several parts of our urban area have been flooded. People are being rescued in boats and helicopters from their houses and apartments," Mayor Gerhard Jauernig wrote in an online post. He urged Günzburg residents to stay at home, follow the instructions given by rescuers, and keep off the streets to facilitate the evacuation effort. "Curious onlookers and disaster-tourists are hindering the life-saving efforts and could have deadly consequences," Jauernig wrote. The level of the Danube in the German city has risen nearly three meters (9,84 feet) since Friday, according to data cited by Augsburger Allgemeine paper. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Another firefighter missing in Bavaria's OffingenRescuers were searching for a 22-year-old firefighter in the Bavarian town of Offingen after he went missing overnight. Similar to his colleague in Pfaffenhofen, the man was taking part in the evacuation effort and was on a rubber boat with several other people when it capsized. Police representative Holger Stabik disputed the rumors of the man's death. "We have no confirmation of a body being found," Stabik was quoted as saying by Bavarian daily newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine. A helicopter has been deployed to help the search. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Söder: 40,000 rescuers fighting the floods in BavariaWith floods escalating in southern Germany, Bavarian Premier Markus Söder said 40,000 were deployed in his state alone. "The most important thing is to organize the replacing (of rescuers) in the coming hours," he told reporters. "The longer you work without being relieved, the greater the danger of mistakes, of exhaustion, and then the danger of death and injury is more imminent." Söder is visiting one of the affected towns, Reichersthofen, together with Economy Minister Robert Habeck. The Bavarian premier said he expected support from the federal government both in terms of funding and manpower. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Two dams break in Bavaria's PfaffenhofenTwo dams on the river Paar, a tributary of the Danube, broke near the Bavarian town of Pfaffenhofen an Ilm, local officials said on Sunday. Local residents were advised to abandon the ground floors of their homes and climb to higher levels of buildings. The news of the dams breaking comes just hours after a firefighter was confirmed dead in the same town. A spokesperson for the firefighting service said the ongoing flood was unprecedented in the Pfaffenhofen region. The local village of Reichertshofen has been flooded, he added. "There is nothing more we can do, we have to sort of give up," he said, but added the firefighters were still in control of protecting human life. 2024Chancellor Scholz says rescuers owed 'gratitude and respect'German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was saddened by the death of the firefighter in Pfaffenhofen "We owe gratitude and respect to rescuers and helpers who are fighting against the flooding in multiple locations," Scholz said on X, formerly Twitter. "My thoughts are with his family and colleagues," he added. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024Germany's railway operator DB warns against travel in flood-hit areasTrains have been canceled and delayed across southern Germany as the region struggles with flooding and landslides. A spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn (DB) said several connections to and from Munich, Stuttgart and Augsburg were affected. This includes cancelations between Munich and Berlin, Munich and the Swiss metropolis of Zurich, as well Stuttgart and Frankfurt. "We advise against traveling to areas affected by flooding in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg," the company said. On Saturday, two railcars of an intercity express train derailed in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg after a landslide caused by heavy rain. None of the 185 passengers onboard were injured. 06/02/2024June 2, 2024German politicians praise courage of lost firefighter, set to visit affected areaFollowing the news of the firefighter losing his life on duty, Germany's Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck described the incident as "terrible." He added that the courage shown by both volunteer and professional rescuers "is not to be taken for granted." "We should always be grateful that these people exist," he said The premier of Bavaria, Markus Söder said that "all of us are grieving" after the firefighter's death "His deployment and efforts to help other people will always be remembered," he said in an online post Both Premier Söder and Vice Chancellor Habeck who also serves as the economy minister and is charge of climate action are expected to visit the town Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Filippo Ganna third in Fürstenfeldbruck Stefan Bissegger wins the men's time trial at the UEC European Championships 2022(Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)Filippo Ganna with the bronze medal in the men's time trial at the UEC European Championships 2022(Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)World Champion Filippo Ganna in the men's time trial at the UEC European Championships 2022(Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)Stefan Bissegger stormed to victory and secured the title in the men's time trial at the European Championships The Swiss rider covered the 24km route in a winning time of 27:06 to beat his compatriot and former two-time winner Stefan Küng by just one second while world champion Filippo Ganna (Italy) finished third at nice seconds back The men raced along the same 24km undulating circuit in Fürstenfeldbruck as the women's event won by Marlen Reusser (also Switzerland) earlier in the day the riders raced over the Gelbenholzen uphill at the 1km mark They then crossed through Schöngeising at the 14km to go mark An intermediate time check was positioned at 15.2km in Wallfahrtskirche St Williball and then the riders worked their way back toward the finish line in Fürstenfeldbruck Results powered by FirstCycling Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006 Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023 News Home » BMW Driving Academy is allegedly leaving the Maisach facility The grounds will only be used primarily for internal events An official confirmation of this is still pending The decision was preceded by years of disputes about the noise that is generated during driver training which annoyed the residents of Maisach The Driving Academy Maisach is located on the site of the former Fürstenfeldbruck airfield but flight operations there were finally stopped in 2010 in which rich and unique flora and fauna have established themselves BMW said it was committed to the preservation of this reserve and adhered strictly to the requirements of the Bavarian ministry of the environment But a driving school and high powered gasoline cars could come in conflict with such plans so it’s not too late to book your driving experience before it comes to an end in Maisach [Source: BimmerToday] More from News 2025 BMWBLOG | Change consent Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information It can cost a lot of money to replace a shattered mobile display Researchers say they’ve managed to create a new type of material that can repair itself The announcement has raised hopes for the creation of self-healing smartphone screens which have always seemed little more than a distant hope it could potentially save consumers hundreds in expensive screen repair costs The material was developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, who published their findings in the the journal Science we report that poly(ether-thioureas) such as TUEG2 and TUEG3 anomalously form amorphous materials despite carrying dense H-bonding thiourea units," they wrote these materials are highly robust mechanically yet can readily be repaired by compression at fractured surfaces." all you need to do to fix it is apply pressure with your fingers the material doesn’t need to be heated up beyond room temperature we noticed that cut surfaces of this polymer are self-adhesive despite their rigid and nontacky nature," the paper continues cut pieces of a 2mm-thick rectangular sheet of TUEG3 (10 x 20mm) formed a merged sheet that withstood a 300g load when their fractured surfaces were manually compressed for 30s at an ambient temperature of 21ºC.” the polyether-thioureas sheet completely recovered its original mechanical strength within six hours It can cost well over £100 to repair a smartphone screen, and the process can also be highly inconvenient. “Healable polymers with enhanced longevity and reliability are particularly attractive as next-generation materials for the realization of a sustainable society,” the researchers added. Volkswagen AG’s settlement with nearly 500,000 US diesel owners and government regulators over polluting vehicles is valued at more than $15 billion cash The settlement includes $10.033 billion to offer buybacks to owners of about 475,000 polluting vehicles and nearly $5 billion in funds to offset excess diesel emissions and boost zero emission vehicles A separate settlement with nearly all US state attorneys general over excess diesel emissions is expected to be more than $500 million and will push the total to over $15 billion Spokeswomen for US Environmental Protection Agency and Volkswagen declined to comment the first sources said that owners of two-litre diesel VW 2009-2015 cars will receive at least $5,100 compensation along with the estimated value of the vehicles as of September 2015 Some owners will get as much as $10,000 in compensation The $10.033 billion is the maximum VW could pay if it had to buyback all vehicles but the actual amount VW will pay could be significantly less if a large number of owners take buybacks Prior owners will get half of current owners while people who leased cars will also get compensation Owners would also receive the same compensation if they choose to have the vehicles repaired assuming US regulators approve a fix at a later date The settlement includes $2.7 billion in funds to offset excess diesel emissions and $2 billion in VW investments in green energy and zero emission vehicle efforts The diesel offset fund could rise if VW has not fixed or bought back 85 per cent of the vehicles by mid-2019 The $2 billion in green energy and zero emission efforts will be spent over 10 years and will include zero emission vehicle infrastructure the largest ever automotive buyback offer in US history and most expensive auto industry scandal stems from the German automaker’s admission in September 2015 that it intentionally misled regulators by installing secret software that allowedUS vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution was summoned to testify before Congress and in the days after the emissions scandal broke he said the company had been dishonest “In my German words: We totally screwed up The costs of the remedies should make automakers cautious about misleading people in ways that give prosecutors the ability to bring criminal charges VW still must reach agreement with regulators on whether it will offer to buyback 85,000 larger three-litre Porsche Audi and VW cars and SUVs that emitted up to nine times legally allowable pollution and how much it may face in civil fines for admitting to violating the Clean Air Act a University of Michigan business professor said: “VW had little negotiating power Potential criminal charges mean you open your wallet in the civil actions hoping to receive leniency instead of jail time.” Reuters reported earlier the initial VW settlement would not include civil penalties under the US Clean Air Act or address about 85,000 larger three-litre Audi Porsche and VW vehicles that emitted less pollution than two-litre vehicles A deal covering the three-litre vehicles may still be months away The settlement does not address lawsuits from investors or a criminal investigation by the Justice Department Regulators will not immediately approve fixes for the two-litre vehicles – and may not approve fixes for all three generations of the polluting 2009-2015 vehicles Owners will have until December 2018 to decide whether to sell back vehicles and fixes may not eliminate all excess emissions VW cannot resell or export the vehicles bought back unless EPA approves a fix the world’s second largest automaker has seen US VW brand sales suffer in the wake of the crisis VW brand sales are down 13 per cent in the United States in 2016 while sales of its luxury Audi and Porsche units have risen US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco will hold a hearing on July 26 to decide on whether to grant preliminary approval to the settlements If granted he would hold a later hearing to give final approval Buybacks are likely to start no earlier than October VW set aside $18.2 billion to account for the emissions scandal VW had said the scandal impacted 11 million vehicles worldwide and led to the departure of CEO Martin Winterkorn Germany’s financial watchdog called on prosecutors to investigate VW’s entire former management board over the time it took to disclose the carmaker’s emissions test cheating a person familiar with the matter told Reuters German prosecutors said this month they are investigating Winterkorn and a second unidentified executive over whether they effectively manipulated markets by delaying the release of information about the firm’s emissions test cheating please register for free or log in to your account Germany today marks the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre amid fresh questions about how the 11 Israeli victims could have been killed on German soil They had no follow-up plan nor any means of improvising an alternative A tribute to the victims will be held at the Fuerstenfeldbruck air base site of the tragic climax of the bloody hostage-taking by members of a radical Palestinian group known as “Black September” Seven Israeli survivors as well as around a dozen relatives of the slain Olympic team members will join about 500 political and sport officials including German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich The southern state of Bavaria has ordered flags on public buildings to be flown at half-mast and pictures of the victims will be exhibited for the first time at the former air traffic control tower at Fuerstenfeldbruck The ceremony marking the worst violence at any Olympics to date will culminate in an ecumenical memorial service in the presence of a rabbi The sombre anniversary has given rise to new research into the horrifying chain of events at the 1972 Games which were meant to showcase the new face of Germany nearly three decades after World War II Gunmen broke into the Israeli team’s flat at the Olympic village immediately killing two of the athletes and taking nine others hostage to demand the release of 232 Palestinian prisoners A bungled rescue operation resulted in all the hostages being killed along with a West German policeman and five of the eight hostage-takers The news sent shockwaves through Germany just 27 years after the Holocaust and opened a deep rift with Israel Israel released 45 official documents on the killings which lambasted the performance of the German security services Included in the reports is an official account from the former Israeli intelligence head and his heavy criticism of the German authorities for the failure of their rescue operation The German police “didn’t make even a minimal effort to save human lives” former Mossad head Zvi Zamir said at the time after returning from Munich He said elite German snipers had been equipped only with pistols and that personnel carriers meant for the rescue operation had arrived late “They had no follow-up plan nor any means of improvising an alternative,” he said The files also show evidence of failures by the Israeli security forces investigative news weekly Der Spiegel threw its spotlight on the violent proceedings of that late summer day accusing the German Government and Olympic organisers of covering up grave mistakes the German Interior Ministry and the Bavarian state police warned federal authorities in vain of the possibility of “terrorist acts” at the Games The head of the Munich police evidently feared that a robust security presence would revive ugly memories of the 1936 Games in Berlin And even the head of the West German Olympic Committee snapped at his security chief that he had no intention of making the Olympic village look like a “concentration camp” The 40th anniversary already gave rise to anger and recriminations this summer during the London Games had unsuccessfully campaigned for the anniversary to be marked with a minute’s silence at the opening ceremony in the British capital a request rejected by IOC President Jacques Rogge a minute’s silence was held instead at the Olympic village in London for the signing of the Olympic truce on July 24 A masked Palestinian terrorist on the balcony of the Israeli athlete quarters at the Olympic Village in Munich in 1972: An explosive report published this week claims terrorists tortured the athletes before killing them The attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich took place over 40 years ago but Wolfgang Eisenmenger still has precise memories of the day after Eisenmenger was 28-years-old at the time and though he would go on to become a renowned expert in his field he had only just joined the Forensic Institute at the University of Munich he was together with around a dozen others -- colleagues a prosecutor and several police officers -- in the autopsy room The mood was dour as Eisenmenger and the other doctors worked silently at the autopsy tables Their task was that of examining 16 bodies but their first priority was the Israeli victims because Tel Aviv was insisting that their remains be rapidly repatriated the coroners performed autopsies on the Palestinian hostage-takers and that of the Munich police officer who had been killed in the firefight The terror commando infiltrated the Olympic Village in the early morning hours of Sept 5 and took 11 Israeli athletes and delegation members hostage the Palestinians shot and killed wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and middleweight weight-lifter Yossef Romano after the two had attempted to fight back and wrest the weapons from the perpetrators The other Israelis died that evening at the Fürstenfeldbruck military airport when the police launched a rescue attempt in response to which the hostage-takers killed their victims Five terrorists were also killed in the operation Eisenmenger drove to Fürstenfeldbruck with his boss to examine the scene the remains of the victims were brought to the Forensic Institute and the autopsies began The article received significant attention worldwide. The British Independent deplored  the torture the Kurier in Vienna wrote of "sadistic abuse," and the right-wing conservative Israeli daily Israel HaYom compared the Olympic attackers with Islamic State saying that the Palestinian terror group was "a precursor" of IS The New York Times piece is the product of interviews with Ilana Romano during the failed raid at Fürstenfeldbruck The two women showed the story's author photos of the victims -- images that they feel tell a clear story The New York Times elected not to print the photos due to their graphic nature but agreed with the interpretation of the two women It wasn't the first time that Spitzer had made the torture claims But it was the first time that such a prominent news outlet had been willing to listen But the statements of coroner Eisenmenger cast doubt on the story He says that "none of the victims showed indications of torture or the detachment of genitalia." And he isn't the only witness who is skeptical of the torture claims who was German interior minister at the time and part of the crisis team assembled at the Fürstenfeldbruck airport says today he "never heard anything about (torture) either officially or unofficially." Genscher was one of the last people to see the victims alive He was part of the team that was negotiating with the terrorists who had initially demanded an exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel When the kidnappers then demanded to be flown to Egypt with their captives Genscher insisted on being allowed to speak with the hostages He entered the Israeli quarters of the Olympic Village at around 5 p.m The others were sitting together in a small room their hands and feet bound and gave Genscher the impression of being composed They gave him a list of their names and spoke with him Genscher says he "didn't have the impression that they had been tortured." Might he have been wrong speak for the families of the Israeli victims of the attack -- and they are extremely skeptical of both the Forensic Institute where Eisenmenger worked and of ex-minister Genscher a journalist originally from the Netherlands spent the Games visiting her parents in Holland She spent years fighting against the silence emanating from the federal government the Bavarian government and the city of Munich Spitzer can produce shamefully callous letters from German officials such as one from a senior Munich administrator who informed her that the Munich police department had "never possessed a single legal identity" and that she should address her concerns to "the appropriate legal body." the widow of murdered fencing coach André Spitzer is seen viewing the devastated apartment of the Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympic Village on Sept A quarter-century passed before Germany made any kind of official persuasive gesture to the victims then German President Johannes Rau met with Spitzer and Romano the German government paid out at least €3 million to the victims' families as a humanitarian gesture And on the 40th anniversary of the attack in 2012 Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer promised to release as many documents relating to the deaths as he could The majority of the documents are kept in government archives in Munich including the autopsy reports of the murdered Israelis notes that the watch worn by Zeev Friedman was still ticking when his lifeless body was lifted onto the autopsy table The coroners also noted that Eliezer Halfin a 24-year-old wrestler who died from a bullet to the heart it says: "The corpse is covered with a light-green jacket of the kind worn by judges at the Olympic Games." There are no indications of torture in the documents not even in the report about Yossef Romano The murderers killed him with seven shots "to the posterior and to the lower extremities." His genitals were injured but the report only allows for the conclusion that the wounds were the product of the bullets Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer believe that their husbands were tortured SPIEGEL presented them with Yossef Romano's autopsy report a report that the German government could live with SPIEGEL was able to see four of the photos that Spitzer and Romano say they showed the New York Times Two of the images are of Yossef Romano's corpse in the Israeli quarter of the Olympic Village He is wearing a white undershirt and there is blood visible in the area of his genitals -- though only an expert might be able to tell what caused the injury Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer have no doubts -- not after 43 years and all of the suffering they have been forced to endure #29293a);margin:auto;margin-top:32px;max-width:calc(640px + (2 * 12px));padding:0 12px;}@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.css-9uetne{margin-top:72px;}}.css-1lgqo8v{color:var(--sz-basic-text-color-primary 22:05 Uhr.css-rhp0z0{color:var(--sz-basic-border-color-secondary #c0c1c6);display:inline-block;margin:0 12px;}|.css-13l0r79{display:inline-block;}Lesezeit: 2 Min Das Lichtspielhaus zeigt Oliver Herbrichs Dokumentation über den notorischen Verbrecher Theo Berger Schon der erste Film des Grafrather Regisseurs hat sich mit einem bekannten Gangster beschäftigt Am Sonntag wird im Lichtspielhaus der Film "Der Al Capone vom Donaumoos" von Oliver Herbrich gezeigt Der mittlerweile nicht mehr aktive Regisseur der schon zu Lebzeiten als "Ein- und Ausbrecherkönig" eine Legende war das sich fast 39 Jahre im Gefängnis abspielte Da Herbrich das Drehbuch zusammen mit Berger schrieb und mit ihm "in einer kurzen Zeit in Freiheit" drehte "Der Regisseur hat auf die Kraft und Magie der authentischen Bilder und Personen vertraut" schrieb vor gut 30 Jahren anlässlich der Premiere eine Münchner Tageszeitung Herbrich habe damit "fast Thriller-Spannung" erreicht Theo Berger saß zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits wieder im Straubinger Gefängnis Nun hat der Regisseur seine Filme digitalisieren lassen um sie auch in modernen Kinos zeigen zu können In Gauting läuft derzeit eine Herbrich-Retrospektive mit Filmen wie "Bikini - 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wenn meist auch nur für kurze Zeit Seine Raubzüge unternahm er überwiegend im Raum Ingolstadt Auch Herbrich hatte Bergers Leben mit Verhaftungen und Fluchten damals aufmerksam verfolgt und schließlich den Beschluss gefasst einen Dokumentarfilm über den Ausbrecherkönig zu drehen die "ambivalente Popularität Bergers vom Mythos des legendären Gangsters zu befreien" Die "lakonische Nüchternheit" mit der Berger seine eigene Biografie darin kommentiere bestimme die eigentliche Qualität des Dokumentes der an der Filmhochschule in München studierte Schon als Schüler hatte er Drehbücher geschrieben und 1980 quasi als "Eintrittskarte" für die Hochschule mit Erfolg den Film über das legendäre Gangsterleben von Mathias Kneißl aus dem Dachauer Hinterland präsentiert Theo Berger hat Hebrich beim Schreiben des Drehbuchs unterstützt und auch in dem Film mitgewirkt bis ihm mit dem Spielfilm "Wodzeck" ein durchschlagender Erfolg gelungen sei Insgesamt zehn Spiel- und Dokumentarfilme haben den Regisseur bekannt gemacht der sich als "Cineast durch und durch" beschreibt In Erinnerung geblieben ist ihm insbesondere die Episode dass Berger im Gefängnis eine Waffe versteckt hatte nach dem er sich einer Operation hatte unterziehen können hat aber trotz aller Gewalt niemanden getötet" so der Regisseur In anspruchsvollen Berufsfeldern im Stellenmarkt der SZ. .css-5x0u19{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}Gutscheine.css-pcxqtt{border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;white-space:nowrap;width:1px;}: Germany has marked the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics attacks on Israeli athletes and team members with a ceremony at the airfield near Munich where a failed rescue attempt took place Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier The ceremony was attended by International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and other officials Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage on Sept 1972 at the athletes' village by Palestinians from the Black September group a German policeman as well as five of the Palestinian gunmen died after a stand-off at the Olympic village and the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield The Games continued despite the attacks and the IOC for almost half a century ignored calls from the victims' families for an official act of remembrance at an Olympic Games ceremony The IOC eventually held a moment of silence and a reference to the Munich Games victims last year at the Tokyo summer Olympics opening ceremony - the first time in almost half a century The ceremony to mark the attacks was welcomed by relatives of the victims and Israel's government but Monday's memorial had been put at risk by families threatening to boycott it over Germany's compensation offer The German government and the Israeli families agreed last week on a compensation offer totalling $46 million The Germany president has asked for forgiveness for his country's failure to protect the Israeli athletes and team members "We cannot make right what happened," said Steinmeier We have regular online commentary of local and international sport Sport RSS Follow RNZ News were on Thursday detained by the German police on suspicion of having links with Islamic State ISIS and of planning ‘a serious act of violence,’ Reuters reports This was made known by a German police prosecutor Thomas Steinkraus-Koch in a statement yesterday security sources have provided information that both suspects could have been in contact with members of ISIS “Police did not immediately find any suspicious items “The suspects were detained in the Bavarian capital Munich and nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck,” the statement said adding there had been no forthcoming threat to the public.” the names of the suspects would not be revealed until investigations were completed “There would be no further statements before Friday,” the police was quoted to have said Ngige begs organized Labour to shelve planned strike 000 bribe to arrest man who raped me – Victim laments Trump confirms killing of ISIS leader by US soldiers in Iraq ISIS terrorists abduct Chinese nationals in Niger Republic US airstrike kills ISIS terrorists in Somalia on Trump’s order EIGS claims responsibility for killing of 17 soldiers in Sahel region Euro 2024: Police ‘foiled ISIS attack’ before England vs Spain final German police searching for stolen bicycle discover dead body Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd