Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem, was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, 4 kilometers south of the Lebanese border and 11.5 kilometers northwest of Safed. The
The church of Kafr Bir'im
Ruins of the depopulated village
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants
Kafr Bir'im
…public appeals to the Vatican for help in their endeavour to return to Kafr Bir'im, but have so far remained unsuccessful. The operational name of the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes in 1972 was named after this village and Iqrit. The Palestinian artist Hanna Fuad Farah made memory of Kafr Bir'im a central theme…
One of the most reproduced photos taken during the siege shows a kidnapper on the balcony attached to Munich Olympic village Building 31, where members of the Israeli Olympic team and delegation were held
Front view and entrance of the apartment building Connollystraße 31 in 2012. A memorial plaque is visible to the right of the front door.
Rear view of the apartment building at Connollystraße 31 in 2017
Underground car parking garage at Connollystraße in 2013