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Arnd Krüger: what Wikipedia removed

The sports historian who told a 2008 conference that the eleven Israelis murdered at Munich had effectively chosen their fate. The 2010 article documented the antisemitism charge his “theory” drew; the word is gone from the entire article, and so is “massacre”.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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word2010201520206 October 202320252026
antisemitism220000
terror110000
massacre210000
hostage100000

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The Munich victims lost their killers’ designation inside an article about a man who theorized about their deaths.
  • The universities’ response to his antisemitism, removed.
  • The opening description was reworded.
  • His athletic career, moved out of the opening.
  • His academic posts, reworded.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 336643188):

Arnd Krüger (born 1944) is a German professor of sport studies. Kruger earned his BA (English major) from UCLA in 1967 and his PhD from the University of Cologne (Modern and Medieval History) in Germany in 1971. He attended UCLA on a track scholarship, was 11 times German champion, and represented Germany in the 1968 Olympics in the 1500m run. After completing the PhD, Kruger worked for the German Sports Federation (1971 -74), and the Berlin Teachers’ Training College (1974 - 78). He was Associate Professor at the University of Hamburg (1978 - 80) and then became full professorship for Sport Studies and Chair of the Physical Education Department at the University of Göttingen . He has served…

2026 (revision 1350168132):

German sports historian Arnd Krüger (born July 1, 1944) is a German professor of sport studies . Krüger earned his BA (English major) from UCLA in 1967 and his PhD from the University of Cologne (Modern and Medieval History) in Germany in 1971. He attended UCLA on a track scholarship, was 10 times German champion , and represented West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres run, where he reached the semi-final. He was one of the first Germans to be honored as All-American for being part of the UCLA Distance Medley Relay which ran faster than the World Record in 1965. After completing the PhD, Krüger worked for the German Sports Federation (1971–74), and the Berlin Teachers’ T…

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