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[tree_and_leaf]

This is unbelievably awful: Cologne city archives collapse into a hole in the ground. It is, in fact, a bigger disaster than the fire at Anna Amelia library. Four people are unaccounted for (at least), and it looks as if the archives themselves are a total loss (they poured concrete into the hole, in an attempt to shore things up. This includes a large number of mediaeval religious manuscripts relating to the Rhineland mystics, as well as stuff relating to Heinrich Böll.

... I know. It's rather monstrous to be concerned about that when people are probably dead, but all the same: the manuscripts are a very great loss, too.

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[anna-in-the-sky.livejournal.com]

I still can't quite believe it happened. And, I had the same reaction re. the manuscripts. The thing is, I cannot for the life of me understand how they could continue construction on the new subway tunnel after that nearby church tower turned into the Leaning Tower of Cologne. This should have made people think, but, no.

[tree_and_leaf]

Because, clearly, nothing that bad could ever happen.

*headdesk*