Tag: Burials
The desecrations of Jewish burial sites in Bavaria – Bavaria
destructiveness? right-wing extremism? There are Jewish burial sites in Bavaria that were devastated before, during and after the Nazi era. Researchers are now investigating these acts, which are simply stunned.…
Christiane Tramitz’ book “The Smell of Earth” – Munich
“Afraid, I’m not afraid, not of quitting, because I won’t quit!” Rosa Wegscheider was the undisputed queen of the Waging cemetery. Because the resolute woman never really stopped working. Not…
Archaeology: New rite for Bronze Age burials discovered – Knowledge
What exactly happened at the stake can no longer be said today. Presumably the people gathered around their dead one last time. Possibly they raised their cups once more in…
Israel comes under pressure over police action at funeral – Politics
The pictures were too blatant, the pressure was too great: Over the weekend, Israel’s police announced an investigation into how the security forces brutally intervened at the funeral of Palestinian…
Funeral procession on hidden paths – Bavaria
Open detailed view One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria is located in Georgensgmünd in Middle Franconia. (Photo: Martin Siepmann/imago/imagebroker) With five “Way of the Dead” plaques in Georgensgmünd…
Gräfelfing – Easy-care graves in high demand – Munich district
The demand for easy-care graves in the cemetery is growing. The municipality of Gräfelfing is reacting to this with modern urn wall systems that are to be built on the…
Roman cemetery discovered near Eichenkofen – Erding
Anyone who digs into the past in the district of Erding must be careful. Archaeological finds are often only a few centimeters underground – and excavation teams often find what…
Undertaker Salih Güler buries Muslims all over the world – Munich
from Andrea Schlaier, Munich The limousine slowly feels its way from the Giesing industrial estate to Aschauer Strasse. The burgundy curtains of the electric car of “Hakim-I-Guraba Islamic Burials” are…
Burial: ashes under the pear tree – panorama
from Violetta Simon David Bowie is said to have loved Indonesia, which is why the British musician got his ashes scatter on Bali wanted to leave. You don’t have to…
Burials in the district of Ebersberg – Asche zu Asche – Ebersberg
No matter how we lived, loved, prayed or cursed in our lives, in the end we are all the same. And when we’re dead we end up in a box.…