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Jessie Atkin

Sep 5, 2022, 11:51 AM

A memorial plaque for the eleven athletes from Israel and one German police officer were killed in a terrorist attack during the Olympic Games 1972, stands at the former accommodation of the Israeli team in the Olympic village in Munich, Germany, Aug. 27, 2022. (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Why are there three memorials to the murdered Israeli athletes in Munich’s Olympic Park? Because it took so long to get things right.

About Me

Jessie Atkin is a Washington, DC based writer and social media manager. She writes fiction, essays, and plays. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Writers Resist, Daily Science Fiction, Space and Time Magazine, and elsewhere.