Switzerland, Mitholz Explosion 1947 (b/w photo)

At the memorial service for the victims of the explosion catastrophe in Blausee-Mitholz in the Kandertal valley, Ivo Gugger, the Colonel of the Division, brings the condolences of the Federal Council down from the pulpit at the small church in Kandergrund, recorded in December 1947. stored in a depot above Mitholz-Blausee on the night of December 20, 1947. After this catastrophe, Mitholz looked like an area devastated by war. Nine people had died in their homes, seven of them seriously injured. More than 200 people were made homeless. More than 100 buildings were destroyed or damaged. The cause of the accident could never be completely clarified.