LIFE Magazine September 15 1972 cover featuring the Israeli Olympic team and Munich Olympic tragedy

The Munich Olympics Massacre — LIFE Magazine, September 15, 1972

On the cover of the September 15, 1972 issue of LIFE Magazine, the Israeli Olympic delegation marches into the Munich Olympic stadium. At the front, a man carries the flag of Israel. Behind him are athletes and coaches entering what was intended to be a celebration of international competition. Across the photograph, LIFE placed two words: OLYMPIC TRAGEDY And beneath them: From this small Israeli team, 11 would die. The photograph had been taken before the world knew what was coming. After September 5, 1972, [...]

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Anwar Sadat featured image for Original LIFE Magazines Profiles in Courage article

Anwar Sadat: The Man Who Walked Into Enemy Territory for Peace

There are moments in history when courage does not look like defiance. No raised fist. No battlefield speech. No cheering crowd. Just a man walking into a place where many believed he should never go. A place his nation had fought. A place his enemies controlled. A place where the risk was not symbolic. It was real. In November 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat stunned the world by doing something almost no one believed possible. He went to Jerusalem. He stood before the Israeli Knesset. And he said, in effect, that [...]

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