Podcast Episode: Writing about the Munich Olympics Massacre

A new series on historical points reality checked by Scott Holleran

Scott Holleran

Sep 11, 2023

Black September besieged the 1972 Olympics and massacred 11 Israeli athletes.

Read and learn about the Simon Letter, which features an extensive review of the September 1972 Arab terrorist attack on Israel at the summer Olympics in Munich.

This is part of a series I’m writing for the newsletter. It’s called Reality Check.

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