When it happened

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When it happened is a collection of 16 short stories by the Austrian writer Reinhard Wegerth from 2016. It was created as a counterpart to Stefan Zweig's great moments of mankind and deals with man-made catastrophes of the last few decades.

As in “Damals und there” (2010) and “Earlier and here” (2013), Wegerth personified the things involved in “When it happened” and lets them report on the events themselves. In contrast to his previous books, however, he did not choose events from his personal biography for his new work, but rather incidents that shook the global community.

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No. title content
01 The remains of the towers The subject is the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York ( USA ). The mountain of rubble, which the twin towers of the World Trade Center have become, reports on the events and their instrumentalization for the Iraq war.
02 The white splendor The topic is the avalanche disaster in Galtür on February 23, 1999 in Galtür ( Austria ). The precipitating precipitation reports on the process, but also on human involvement in the consequences.
03 Los Rodeos The subject is the plane disaster in Tenerife on March 27, 1977 in Tenerife ( Spain ). The area of ​​the airport reports on the weather-related, but also due to communication errors.
04th In the Barents Sea The topic is the sinking of the submarine K-141 Kursk on August 12, 2000 in the Arctic Ocean ( Russia ). The part of the sea named after the navigator Barents reports.
05 The jungle missiles The topic is the Brazilian rocket explosion on August 22, 2003 in the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara ( Brazil ). For the surrounding Amazon - rainforest just one of many impairments.
06th The stones of the pilgrims The topic is the mass panic in Mecca ( Saudi Arabia ) on January 12, 2006. The stones required for a ritual report.
07th Almost a demo The theme is the accident at the Love Parade on July 24, 2010 in Duisburg ( Germany ). The parade itself tells of its small beginnings in Berlin, the growth over the years, the decline and the end.
08th Killing the cattle The topic is the treatment of cattle until the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in England ( United Kingdom ) in 1986 . It reports on the culturally and historically diversified types of killing - from Stone Age hunting to religious motivations to the process in the slaughterhouse.
09 Dragon and fire The topic is the fire disaster of the Kaprun 2 glacier lift on November 11, 2000 in Kaprun (Austria). It reports one of the two trains.
10 The unction of a different kind The topic is the accident of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez on March 24, 1989 in Alaska (USA). It reports the substance being transported.
11 An image of a kiss The theme is a juxtaposition of the painting Der Kuss (Klimt) in the Belvedere in Vienna and the "Brother Kiss painting " (actually My God, help me to survive this deadly love ) at today's East Side Gallery of the Wall in Berlin (Germany). The brother kiss reports.
12 With Aphrodite The topic is the ammunition explosion at the Evangelos Florakis naval base on July 11, 2011 on the south coast of Cyprus . Report the exploded containers.
13 The useful lye The topic is the breach of the Baia Mare dam and its consequences in February 2000 along the Tisza ( Hungary ). It reports the leaked chemicals.
14th The last explosion The topic is the nuclear tests on Mururoa until January 27, 1996 in French Polynesia . It reports the damaged atoll.
15th Under the sign of the shell The topic is the oil spill in the Niger Delta and the execution of an activist on November 10, 1995 in Port Harcourt ( Nigeria ). The river itself reports.
16 The accident ferry The subject is the sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry on March 6, 1987 off Zeebrugge ( Belgium ). It reports the ship.

reception

“I was particularly impressed by the text about 9/11. A lot has been written about it, tens of thousands of pages. I don't know if there are many there who shake so soberly as the eight pages on which Wegerth lets the collapsed twin towers have their say. "

- Peter Henisch : The press

“Reinhard Wegerth's book, so much for orientation, is enlightening, not voyeuristic. And the factual reports of cases from 1977 to 2011 are still exciting to read. "

- Peter Jungwirth : Wiener Zeitung

“The Lower Austrian lawyer continues on his original literary path. [...] This time it's about disasters. "

- Peter Pisa : courier

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 15 years of "9/11": The remains of the towers , preprint, derStandard.at, September 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Peter Henisch : The sadness of things. In: The press . Print edition December 24, 2016 (Supplement Spectrum).
  3. ↑ Peter Jungwirth: When stones speak , Wiener Zeitung from June 18, 2016]
  4. ↑ Peter Pisa: Things are talking again. In: Courier . Print edition June 27, 2016, online at pressreader.com .