David Berger National Memorial

David Berger National Memorial IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Beachwood (Ohio) , USA
Geographical location	41 ° 28 ′  N , 81 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 29 "  N , 81 ° 29 ′ 33"  W
Setup date	March 5, 1980
administration	National Park Service

The David Berger National Memorial was built to commemorate David Mark Berger . He was a US citizen who competed as an athlete for Israel in 1972.

Berger was one of the eleven Israeli athletes who were killed in the " hostage-taking of Munich " during the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Berger was a 28 year old weight lifter. The memorial is dedicated to the memory of David Berger and the other ten athletes who were killed.

The black steel sculpture, which looks like broken Olympic rings , is supposed to represent the interruption of the Olympic Games in Munich. The eleven segments on which the rings are attached represent the eleven athletes who were killed. The sculpture was made by the native Romanian David E. Davis.

The sculpture was placed on the lawn of the Mayfield Jewish Community Center (3505 Mayfield Road) in Cleveland Heights in 1975 . The National Memorial was approved on March 5, 1980. Due to the Mayfield Center's demolition in 2005, the memorial was moved to the Mandel Jewish Community Center (26001 South Woodland Road) in Beachwood . Although the monument is officially under the supervision of Cuyahoga Valley National Park , maintenance of the monument is carried out by the community.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stratton, Ted S. "Memorial move in the works" Cleveland Jewish News . July 21, 2005.

Web links

• Official NPS website: David Berger National Memorial
• Pictures and information about the memorial's sculptures.
• David Mark Berger website