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AUG 28, 2012
LAMOTH holds Moment of Silence for Munich Victims
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust hosted a moment of silence at the Munich Athlete Memorial in Pan Pacific Park. The ceremony took place next to a plaque memorializing victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack on Israeli athletes. The moment of silence took place at 3pm on Sunday, August 12th, 2012, at approximately the time when the closing ceremonies of the 2012 games in London hit their mid-point.
Participants included:
Councilman Eric Garcetti
Councilman Tom LaBonge
Dr. Bernd Fischer, German Consul General
Carolyn Ben Natan, Director of Public Affairs, Israel Consulate
David Frank, Board of Jewish National Fund
Here is a video from the event: