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by tobltobs 2309 days ago
Last time when the Basler Fasnacht was cancelled was 1920, during the Spanish flu ...
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sschueller 2309 days ago
Not completely correct. The street fest "Strassenfasnacht" was also canceled during World War 2. [1]

[1] https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/basel-baselland/als-der-wel...

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lolc 2309 days ago
Interesting nugget! I looked it up and from what I read in 1920 the carnival was not cancelled but just postponed by four weeks.

Obligatory commonplace: History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes!

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