NEWS & RESOURCES FOR MEDIA
PRESS COVERAGE FOR DRESDEN 1957
The media have been crucial in spreading awareness of the forgotten Dresden tragedy, our documentary project, and workplace safety, especially around trenches and excavations. We’re grateful to the journalists who have covered DRESDEN 1957. Here are some of the stories and segments that have appeared to date. Journalists, scroll down for the media kit.
Scores gather in tribute to victims
Aug. 15, 2024: Read the Chatham Daily News article about our memorial event, held in Dresden on the anniversy of the fatal cave-in
CTV Windsor covers the story
Aug. 8, 2924: Watch CTV Windsor's news segment called "Documentary coming on Dresden accident."
Dresden 1957 doc fundraising campaign hits goal
July 23, 2024: We raised $78,000 through crowdfunding. Read how we did it in the Daily Commercial News.
Remembering Them memorial event
Aug. 7, 2024: The Windsor Star reports on memorial event to be held in the same Dresden venue where the Coroner's Inquest took place in 1957.
Film will honour the lives of Dutch immigrants
July 3, 2024: Director Eric Philpott tells the story from the perspective of the families who lost loved ones in this article for the Christian Courier.
Discover of diary outlines tragic deaths in Dresden
Aug. 8, 2024: Reporter Michelle Maluske tells the story of Keith Philpott's diary. Read it on the CTV Windsor web site.
Dresden 1957 on Dutch Touch radio show
June 29, 2024: Eric Philpott tells the story for host Martin Van Denzen’s Dutch Touch radio show audience on CJMR AM in Toronto.
Dutch the Podcast
Aug. 5, 2024: Tom Bijvoet interviews director Eric Philpott on the lost story of the Dresden tragedy and the work of turning it into a film.
Dresden Rotary Club presentation
May 6, 2024: Eric Philpott spoke about the his family connection to the tragedy in a presentation to the Dresden Rotary Club last spring.
John Hovius on losing his father and brother
April 28, 2024: On our Day of Mourning, host Ismaila Alfa interviews Eric Philpott and John Hovius on the impact of this workplace tragedy.
Daily Commercial News
April 26, 2024: Marking our national Day of Mourning, Don Wall writes about the Dresden tragedy and our efforts to save this story.
London Free Press
April 6, 2024: Trevor Terfloth tells the race to make this film while those who experienced the Dresden disaster are still here to tell us about it.
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DRESDEN1957 MEDIA KIT
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