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The Black Forest Hiking Disaster - EndtheMadnessNow - 09-12-2023
In April 1936, the bodies of five British schoolboys were found half-buried in the snow in the German Black Forest. The truth behind this appalling tragedy quickly became lost in a dense matrix of popular mythology and political expediency. It would take 80 years and the persistence of two men to reveal the simple but shocking facts.
This film doesn’t just tell a shocking story of its own time, it reminds us that Truth has always been a minority interest, and that pursuing it can be hard and thankless work, but probably the most important thing any of us can ever do. Well-researched and excellent narration.
Quote:00:00 Intro
02:03 'Just a Springtime Hike'
04:36 The First Warning
07:45 The Second Warning
11:08 The Final Ascent
14:47 A Sound in the Darkness
17:48 A Media Storm
21:33 Germany, 1936
23:21 Wait, is this... a cover up?
27:22 This is definitely a cover up
30:30 A Tragedy Forgotten
This video is based on research by Bernd Hainmüller, and this documentary has been created with his kind permission and support. He has personally gathered and verified all primary and secondary sources, which you can find in his excellent book about this tragedy, ‘Tod Am Schauinsland’ (Death on Schauinsland: The “English Misfortune”): https://amzn.to/3T2Wh4y.
20:34 This should say ‘Nationalist Socialist’ publication, not socialist publication.
32:12 'Englanderunglück' is more accurately translated as the 'the English disaster'. I was going to make a broader point here about the irony of 'unglück' (which does literally mean 'un-luck' in German) being used, given what we now know, but it got cut, as so now it just reads as bad translation.
RE: The Black Forest Hiking Disaster - Schmoe - 09-12-2023
Nice, I probably won't have time to watch it tonight, but it immediately reminded me of the Dyatlov Pass incident.
I'd never even heard of this incident, thanks for bringing it to us!
RE: The Black Forest Hiking Disaster - F2d5thCav - 09-12-2023
The "Black Forest" is so named because the dense growth of conifers makes many forested spaces appear very dark.
But it is no lowland forest. The region has a bunch of small mountains that are flanked by steep hills, many of which are forested (there is a lot of cropland in the "forest" as well).
And like any mountainous area, it has its own weather, which is harsher than the bordering lowlands.
They didn't prep those boys for the conditions they would face.
Cheers
RE: The Black Forest Hiking Disaster - Snarl - 09-12-2023
Quite a sad tale. I think kids were tough as nails back then.