page_title: English Calamity
hierarchical_section_title: English Calamity
caption_attribution_description: Engländerdenkmal am Schauinsland, im Hintergrund der Feldberg
context_page_description: The English Calamity was a hiking accident on the Schauinsland mountain in 1936, in which five students aged between 12 and 14 died when caught in a blizzard.
  On the 17th of April in 1936, a group of 27 English students had started a hiking trip from Freiburg im Breisgau, onto Schauinsland. At the crest of the mountain, the group lost orientation in fog and a blizzard. Despite an unfavorable weather forecast, they still had hiked the mountain under the guidance of their teacher. Thanks to the courage and help of the nearby village population of Hofsgrund, most of the students were rescued, although five died from exhaustion.
  Afterwards, the Nazis reframed the behavior of the group as a heroic deed, which they then celebrated in their foreign politics with major impact. In 1938, a sculpture by architect Hermann Alker titled the Engländerdenkmal was erected by the Hitler Youth in commemoration.
context_section_description: The English Calamity (ger. Engländerunglück) was a hiking accident on the Schauinsland mountain in 1936, in which five students aged between 12 and 14 died when caught in a blizzard.
  On the 17th of April in 1936, a group of 27 English students had started a hiking trip from Freiburg im Breisgau, onto Schauinsland. At the crest of the mountain, the group lost orientation in fog and a blizzard. Despite an unfavorable weather forecast, they still had hiked the mountain under the guidance of their teacher. Thanks to the courage and help of the nearby village population of Hofsgrund, most of the students were rescued, although five died from exhaustion. 
  Afterwards, the Nazis reframed the behavior of the group as a heroic deed, which they then celebrated in their foreign politics with major impact. In 1938, a sculpture by architect Hermann Alker titled the Engländerdenkmal ("Monument to Englishmen") was erected by the Hitler Youth in commemoration.
caption: The Engländerdenkmal, a memorial to those lost
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