• Photo of the top of the David Berger National Memorial

    David Berger

    National Memorial Ohio

Honoring Those Who Died

This site honors the memory of David Berger, an American citizen who was one of 11 Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. David had no expectations of winning a medal but joined the Israeli weightlifting team to realize his dream - a dream which ended tragically. The Memorial is dedicated to his memory and the memory of the ten other athletes. 

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Did You Know?

Image of US weightlifter David Berger.

The David Berger Memorial's broken Olympic rings signify the disruption of the Munich games. Its eleven segments represent each athlete killed in the massacre. The ring are angled in a wave to emphasize, according to David’s father, that hope for progress should survive tragedy.