After the federal election of 1969 Genscher was instrumental in the formation of the social-liberal coalition of chancellor Willy Brandt and was on 22 October 1969 appointed as federal minister of the interior . In 1972 , while minister for the interior , Genscher rejected Israel 's offer to send an Israeli special forces unit to Germany to deal with the Munich Olympics hostage crisis . A flawed rescue attempt by German police forces at Fürstenfeldbruck air base resulted in a bloody shootout , which left all eleven hostages , five terrorists , and one German policeman dead . Genscher 's popularity with Israel declined further when he endorsed the release of the three captured attackers following the hijacking of a Lufthansa aircraft on 29 October 1972
Munich Olympics hostage crisis
Munich massacre
Hans-Dietrich Genscher