On February 7, 1962, at 7:50 a.m., a methane gas explosion ripped apart the Luisenthal mine in Saarland, 600 meters underground. In eight minutes, 299 miners died—fathers, brothers, sons. The worst mining disaster in postwar German history.
...] Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
6:22 THE GAS
10:21 THE MORNING
16:26 TEN TO EIGHT
19:58 EIGHT MINUTES
24:48 THE IMPACT
29:15 THE SURVIVORS
35:36 THE EIGHT DAYS
42:06 THE QUESTION
47:13 TODAY

Sources:

— Luisenthal Mine Disaster: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubenu...
— Last hard coal mine in Saarland closed - DerStandard: https://www.derstandard.at/story/1339...
— Luisenthal Mine (Abandoned quarry, mine): https://mapy.com/en/?source=osm&id=10...
— Mine Luisenthal — Alsbachschacht Saarbrücken · Saarland · Germany: https://mines.haabase.co.uk/site.php?...
— 65 Years Ago: Luisenthal Mine Disaster - Picture-Alliance: https://www.picture-alliance.com/webs...
— Priority Mining Heritage Site Luisenthal - saarland.de: https://www.saarland.de/mbk/DE/portal...
— Luisenthal Mining Disaster 1962: Saarland's ...: https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/gru...

— Luisenthal Mining Disaster: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubenu...

— Last hard coal mine in Saarland closed - DerStandard: https://www.derstandard.at/story/1339...

— Luisenthal Mine (Abandoned quarry, mine): https://mapy.com/en/?source=osm&id=10...

— Luisenthal Mine — Alsbach Shaft Saarbrücken · Saarland · Germany: https://mines.haabase.co.uk/site.php?...
— 65 Years Ago: Luisenthal Mine Disaster - Picture-Alliance: https://www.picture-alliance.com/webs...
— https://www.saarland-lese.de/streifzu...
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— Luisenthal Mining Disaster 1962: Saarland's ...: https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/gru...

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