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Yossef Romano

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Yossef Romano Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Benghazi, Banghāzī, Libya
Death
5 Sep 1972 (aged 31)
Munich, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Herzilya, Tel Aviv District, Israel Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Olympic Games Athlete. A weightlifter for the 1972 Israeli Olympic team, he was one of 11 Israeli athletes who were held hostage and murdered in Munich, Germany by Palestinian terrorists. He was killed while attempting to fight off the attackers.
Olympic Games Athlete. A weightlifter for the 1972 Israeli Olympic team, he was one of 11 Israeli athletes who were held hostage and murdered in Munich, Germany by Palestinian terrorists. He was killed while attempting to fight off the attackers.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Erik Lander
  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27568813/yossef-romano: accessed ), memorial page for Yossef Romano (30 Dec 1940–5 Sep 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27568813, citing Herzliya Old Cemetery, Herzilya, Tel Aviv District, Israel; Maintained by Find a Grave.