Zwickau Commemorates the Victims of the 1960 Mine Accident

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On February 22, 1960, the most serious mine accident in the GDR occurred in the Zwickau coalworks "Karl Marx". 123 miners were killed by a coal dust explosion. Zwickau commemorates the victims every year.

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In Zwickau, representatives from the local community, churches, and the coal mining association are commemorating the worst disaster in East German coal mining: On February 22, 1960, an explosion at the VEB Karl Marx coal mine claimed the lives of 123 people. To remember the victims and their families, the bells of Zwickau's churches will ring at 10:00 a.m. Participants in a memorial march will lay flowers at the memorial stone for the mining ac…