The Genthin rail disaster happened on 22 December 1939, when an express train crashed into a preceding express in Genthin station, in today’s Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany. Varying sources report 186 to 278 fatalities and several more injuries. It still is the worst train accident involving passenger trains in German history.
Christmas Day 1939 fell on a Monday, which many families and soldiers used as a long weekend. Because of the Second World War, spare locomotives or coaches for relief trains were not available, so the existing trains were overcrowded. Express train D 10 had left Berlin on time, but due to excessive dwelling time and the Verdunkelung it was quickly delayed to up to 30 minutes.
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