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Attacks (since 1970)

Grenade attack against passengers on an El Al flight at the airport terminal

13 févr. 1970·Munich-Riem

Toll
1

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At Munich-Riem airport, a commando unit attacked with grenades a group of passengers on an El Al flight as they crossed the terminal to board the aircraft.

A young man threw himself onto the device and died protecting those around him; several passengers were seriously wounded. The attackers were apprehended on the spot by the Bavarian police.

The attack took place on the same day as the arson attack on the Jewish community center on Reichenbachstrasse, in the same city. This coincidence, never fully explained, made this one of the darkest days of the postwar era for Jews in Germany, two years before the hostage-taking at the Olympic Games.

Period :
Attacks (since 1970)
Type :
Attack
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Encyclopaedia Judaica ; chroniques de presse contemporaines.

At the same place7

  1. 1285Community burned in the synagogue~180
  2. 1349Massacres of the Black Deathinconnu
  3. 8 nov. 1937Exhibition « The Eternal Jew » in Munichbilan non établi
  4. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Munichbilan non établi
  5. 20 nov. 1941First convoy departed from Munichbilan non établi
  6. 13 févr. 1970Arson of the Israeli home for the elderly7
  7. 5 sept. 1972Hostage-taking of Israeli athletes11

In the same country298

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 2308 of 2483, in chronological order · Attacks (since 1970): 174 events in the catalogue

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