55 years after the foiled plane hijacking by a Palestinian terrorist organization at the former Munich airport Riem, a memorial site has been opened there. It commemorates in particular the German-Israeli Arie Katzenstein, who was killed in the attack on February 10, 1970. During the attack, Katzenstein threw himself on a hand grenade to protect other people. In addition to him, eleven other people were injured, some seriously. The attack was aimed at an Israeli airline plane that had made a stopover in Munich.
At the opening of the memorial, State Parliament President Ilse Aigner (CSU) pointed out the historical significance of the event and criticized the fact that Jewish victims of terrorist attacks in Germany after the Second World War were often not given enough attention. Aigner stressed that society must deal more intensively with anti-Jewish attitudes in order to prevent such incidents in the future. Munich's Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) emphasized that the attack and its victims have often been forgotten. The memorial should send a clear message against anti-Semitic terror.
The art installation, which has now been set up at the historic site, shows three gold-colored clock faces that indicate the times of the detonations of the three bombs on the day of the attack. This sculpture was created by the artist Alicja Kwade and is located in the tower of the former airport on the site of Brainlab AG. The terrorist attack led to international tensions at the time, but the perpetrators were never brought to justice.
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