Thanks for sharing. My heart breaks for that father who knew the truth about the teacher’s negligence in the death of his son, but couldn’t get any traction with it due to international politics.
On 17 April 1936, the bells of St Laurentius church in the Black Forest rang out to guide to safety a group of London schoolboys trapped in deep snow on a mountain hike gone very wrong. Ninety years on to the day, as the bells sounded again, there was hardly a dry eye in the congregation of British relatives and German villagers remembering the night that had brought together their parents and grandparents.
Would be great to actually get a read through of what happened. I love The Guardian but their writing style can be so frustrating. The article explores every tangent surrounding the circumstances but doesn't clearly walkthrough the main event
Oduind | 20 hours ago
Thanks for sharing. My heart breaks for that father who knew the truth about the teacher’s negligence in the death of his son, but couldn’t get any traction with it due to international politics.
[OP] tw1st3d_m3nt4t | a day ago
On 17 April 1936, the bells of St Laurentius church in the Black Forest rang out to guide to safety a group of London schoolboys trapped in deep snow on a mountain hike gone very wrong. Ninety years on to the day, as the bells sounded again, there was hardly a dry eye in the congregation of British relatives and German villagers remembering the night that had brought together their parents and grandparents.
Justaguy98989 | 17 hours ago
Would be great to actually get a read through of what happened. I love The Guardian but their writing style can be so frustrating. The article explores every tangent surrounding the circumstances but doesn't clearly walkthrough the main event
jamesdownwell | 13 hours ago
It’s a follow up to this article, which is actually linked in OP. You’ll find the story there.
Cappa_Cail | 17 hours ago
Here’s the Wikipedia pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_calamity
MysteriousHat1 | 16 hours ago
Here is a really good YouTube video about it:
https://youtu.be/ZjjgpiDmVCw?si=-QVH1zsfdCS85npt
Tammy5tina | 14 hours ago
Highly recommend this video too. Never knew about this case before. I liked how they explained it and the context of the time period.
SantasDead | 4 hours ago
Excellent video. Thank you for the link!
scott3387 | 5 hours ago
Not even a unique occurrence (British school children dieing in mountains for to under skilled adults) sadly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster