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LOCATION:Puschkinstraße 12, 19055 Schwerin
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The plane crash of December 12, 1986—“Mourning Under Control” in=0D=0Athe GDR and its consequences to this day.
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The lecture focuses on the plane crash, its connection to Schwerin,=0D=0Aand how the GDR government officially handled the situation.=0D=0A=0D=0AAt Forum.STADT.Geschichte, freelance author and journalist Matthias=0D=0ABaerens will give a talk about a serious plane crash that occurred 40=0D=0Ayears ago.=0D=0A=0D=0ATitled “THE PLANE CRASH OF DECEMBER 12, 1986 —MOURNING UNDER=0D=0ACONTROL IN THE GDR AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS DAY,” the talk=0D=0Afocuses on the second-deadliest plane crash in German aviation=0D=0Ahistory, which occurred on December 12, 1986, shortly before landing=0D=0Aat Berlin-Schönefeld. Seventy-two people lost their lives when an=0D=0AAeroflot plane crashed during its approach to land. The city of=0D=0ASchwerin was particularly affected, as the plane was carrying a school=0D=0Aclass from Großer Dreesch that was returning from a field trip to=0D=0AMinsk. Only a few of the students survived the crash.=0D=0A=0D=0AImmediately after the crash, the Stasi began monitoring the families=0D=0Aof the victims to prevent anti-Soviet statements. The tragic event has=0D=0Aleft a deep mark on Schwerin that remains to this day.=0D=0A=0D=0AFor years, Matthias Baerens has researched this plane crash in various=0D=0Aarchives and sought out and interviewed numerous eyewitnesses. This=0D=0Aevening, he will present his extensive research and the findings of=0D=0Ahis work, which he has published in the book *Trauer unter Kontrolle*=0D=0A(*Grief Under Control*). He will also provide information on how those=0D=0Aaffected can access archives and files if they wish to learn more.=0D=0A
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