Colonel Wegener was the '' Bundesgrenzschutz '' ( Federal Border Protection ) liaison officer for German Interior Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the time of the Munich Olympics . Wegener witnessed the botched attempt to rescue the Israeli hostages held by Palestinian terrorists at Munich in 1972 and was subsequently assigned to create an elite counter-terrorist unit by the West German government after the disaster
Palestinian terrorists at Munich in 1972
Munich massacre
Ulrich Wegener