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The '''Rzepin train disaster''' was an alleged railway disaster that occurred near [[Rzepin]], Poland, on July 9, 1952.<ref name=Arizona>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28242856/1952_poland_train_crash/|title=Soviet Train Crash Kills 160|date=19 July 1952|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref><ref name=digest>{{citation|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EhPlAAAAMAAJ&q=Rzepin+1952|title=Reader's Digest Almanac and Yearbook|page=281}}</ref><ref name=":0">Franklin Henry Hooper and Walter Yust, <nowiki>''Britannica Book of the Year 1953''</nowiki> (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1953), p. 225.</ref> About 160 Soviet soliders died in the accident.<ref name=Arizona /><ref name=digest /><ref name=":0" /> |
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The incident was not confirmed by offical Polish or Soviet sources, but was reported by Western press agencies. The day after the crash the West German [[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] cited "unanimous reports" from "independent eye-witnesses".<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=Soviet Troop Train Crash|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28242941/1952_soviet_train_crash_guardian|date=12 July 1952|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The following week the [[Associated Press]] in Berlin cited "well-authenticated reports reaching Allied officals" there.<ref name=pig>{{cite news|title=Pig-Headed Russian General Causes 160 Deaths in Wreck|date=19 July 1952|work=[[The Berkshire Eagle]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28242638/rzepin_1952_crash/}}</ref><ref name=Arizona /> |
The incident was not confirmed by offical Polish or Soviet sources, but was reported by Western press agencies. The day after the crash the West German [[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] cited "unanimous reports" from "independent eye-witnesses".<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=Soviet Troop Train Crash|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28242941/1952_soviet_train_crash_guardian|date=12 July 1952|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The following week the [[Associated Press]] in Berlin cited "well-authenticated reports reaching Allied officals" there.<ref name=pig>{{cite news|title=Pig-Headed Russian General Causes 160 Deaths in Wreck|date=19 July 1952|work=[[The Berkshire Eagle]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28242638/rzepin_1952_crash/}}</ref><ref name=Arizona /> |
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The Rzepin train disaster was an alleged railway disaster that occurred near Rzepin, Poland, on July 9, 1952.[1][2][3] About 160 Soviet soliders died in the accident.[1][2][3]
The incident was not confirmed by offical Polish or Soviet sources, but was reported by Western press agencies. The day after the crash the West German Deutsche Presse-Agentur cited "unanimous reports" from "independent eye-witnesses".[4] The following week the Associated Press in Berlin cited "well-authenticated reports reaching Allied officals" there.[5][1]
The incident happend on the east side of the Oder river, between Battachow[clarification needed] and Rzepin.[4][1]
Events
The train was carrying Red Army troops on leave to Russia when it left the tracks and crashed into a lake. [4][1]
Cause
According to Allied sources as reported by the Associated Press, the accident was caused by a General loading his automobile on a flatcar in the middle of the train, against the advice of railway staff.[1] The train consequently buckled on a bend, and fell into a lake.[1]
Robert A.D. Ford, a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Moscow, travelled the line the following week and saw a heavy military and police presence at stations en-route. He attributed this to the disaster being blamed on Polish guerrillas.[6]
Memorial
In 2009, an initiative to erect a monument in honor of the victims was made, but due to the lack of confirmation of the authenticity of the accident, the initiative was not implemented.[7][unreliable source?]
See also
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster, another train disaster in Poland that was not confirmed by Polish authorities.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Soviet Train Crash Kills 160". The Arizona Republic. 19 July 1952.
- ^ a b Reader's Digest Almanac and Yearbook, p. 281
- ^ a b Franklin Henry Hooper and Walter Yust, ''Britannica Book of the Year 1953'' (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1953), p. 225.
- ^ a b c "Soviet Troop Train Crash". The Guardian. 12 July 1952.
- ^ "Pig-Headed Russian General Causes 160 Deaths in Wreck". The Berkshire Eagle. 19 July 1952.
- ^ Charles A. Ruud (2009). "Early Travels with Robert Ford, 1952-1953". The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow. p. 221. ISBN 9780773535855.
- ^ Pytanie do... - lista, rzepin.pl (April 28, 2009)
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