David Berger National Memorial
- Ohio
photo: Jay Galvin
Why go there?
One of 11 athletes murdered at the 1972 Olympic Games, David Berger was an Israeli-American citizen born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He won the NCAA weightlifting title as a student at Tulane University, then a silver medal at the 1971 Asian Games before winning a spot on the Israeli Olympic team. Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum led the effort to create the memorial. Made of a type of steel that oxidizes over time, it portrays the five Olympic Rings broken in half. Each of the 11 segments represents one of the victims.
