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          Ankie Spitzer pushed for 49 years to see the Olympics remember her husband and his 10 Israeli team members after they were slain in the Munich massacre.

        1. Ankie Spitzer pushed for 49 years to see the Olympics remember her husband and his 10 Israeli team members after they were slain in the Munich massacre.
        2. Ankie Spitzer has campaigned unsuccessfully for the act of remembrance since the atrocity.
        3. Ankie Spitzer and the other victims' relatives have the consolation of a memorial ceremony in the athletes' village in Rio, where a memorial stone will be.
        4. Ankie Spitzer is the widow of athlete Andre Spitzer who was murdered at the Munich Games in "Suddenly I saw the window opened, the curtains opened and.
        5. Ankie Spitzer, the representative of the families in meetings with Mr. Herzog, said that the families regarded the compensation offered by.

          6. Ankie Spitzer and the other victims' relatives have the consolation of a memorial ceremony in the athletes' village in Rio, where a memorial stone will be.!

          The two widows fighting for justice for the Munich victims

          Ilana Romano's Tel Aviv apartment feels as if time has stood still.

          Black and white photos are spread around the living room; the furniture is that of a typical Israeli household from the 1970s — only the flat screen television provides a reminder that the year is 2022.

          In many ways, the decor is symbolic of the lives of Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer. On September 5, 50 years ago their lives changed drastically when Ilana's and Ankie's husbands, Yossef and Andre, were murdered in the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

          Since then, the two have become a symbol of the conflict between the victims' families and the German government over the compensation for the deaths of their loved ones.

          At the time of the attack, Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer were 26-year-old young mothers, with Ankie's first child born a few months prior to the Munich Games.

          Both weren't