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Memorial to the 1946 Ferry Disaster on the Rhein-Herne Canal

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Memorial to the 1946 Ferry Disaster on the Rhein-Herne Canal

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Memorial to the 1946 Ferry Disaster on the Rhein-Herne Canal

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    March 27, 2020

    On April 7, 1946, the Erle-Bismarck temporary ferry capsized, replacing the destroyed Münsterstrasse bridge over the Rhine-Herne Canal. 21 people drowned, two children, five women and 14 men. Stonemason Konrad Herz donated a memorial stone to commemorate the accident.

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      April 21, 2021

      Commemorative plaque of the ferry accident shortly after the war with the names of those who died at the time. A dark day in the post-war history of the city of Gelsenkirchen ...

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        September 8, 2020

        Good info to learn a little bit of history

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          Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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