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dpatop - IOC president Thomas Bach puts his arms around Ilana Romano (L), the widow of the Israeli heavyweight lifter Josef Romano, and Anke Spitzer, the widow of the Israeli fencer Andre
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![MarcoCSermoneta)))🇮🇱 on Twitter: "André Spitzer, z"l, fencing coach. 27 years old,born in #Romania, married, father of a baby girl. #Munich11 #Rio2016 https://t.co/YG1pImisCh" / Twitter MarcoCSermoneta)))🇮🇱 on Twitter: "André Spitzer, z"l, fencing coach. 27 years old,born in #Romania, married, father of a baby girl. #Munich11 #Rio2016 https://t.co/YG1pImisCh" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co8dSUzWAAETiqi.jpg)
MarcoCSermoneta)))🇮🇱 on Twitter: "André Spitzer, z"l, fencing coach. 27 years old,born in #Romania, married, father of a baby girl. #Munich11 #Rio2016 https://t.co/YG1pImisCh" / Twitter
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![StandWithUs on Twitter: "49 years ago, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September." StandWithUs on Twitter: "49 years ago, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E683b6mXsAMX1RX.jpg:large)