Tag: Death and grief
Fear is not her feeling: Film producer Regina Ziegler turns 80 – media
This is the story of someone who, shortly before her birth, was buried in the Berlin air raid shelter with her mother and sister for four days. And the mother…
Bavaria: Pegnitz funeral association must dissolve – Bavaria
The largest club in the city of Pegnitz is not concerned with football, but rather with dignified burials for 101 years. When it was founded, the idea of solidarity was…
Wishes before death: “Forever Nik”
The terminally ill Klaus has a dream: to release an album. Paul Zschornack helped him fulfill his last wish. About a special friendship, a big goal and dealing with finiteness.…
Funerals: Regensburg start-up designs urns made of paper
After her father’s death, Kristina Steinhauf despaired of finding an attractive urn. So she built one herself. Today she makes hip paper urns with her company Urnfold. source site
column "That’s nice": Moments to breathe deeply
How the writers Gabriele von Arnim and Doris Dörrie speak at the Literaturhaus Munich about the comfort of beauty – even and especially in difficult times. source site
Under Bavaria: When the Grim Reaper comes knocking. – Bavaria
It is instructive to occasionally dig out the box with the old death pictures and ponder the unfathomable passage of time. Many relatives and neighbors who died when you were…
Uli Hoeneß gives an emotional speech for Franz Beckenbauer – Panorama
The speech was important to Uli Hoeneß. This was noticeable long before the speech. In the days between the news of his death and the memorial service in the Allianz…
Munich: The Vivas association brings together parents whose children have died – Munich
How do you move on when your child dies? There is an association in Munich where those affected can share their experiences. About a pain that never goes away and…
Munich: Restaurateur and mourner Stephan Alof about his heart attack – Munich
Formerly a restaurateur and nurse, now a funeral orator: Stephan Alof has accompanied hundreds of palliative care patients. How does someone like that deal with the fact that he suddenly…
Brain tumor: Filmmaker Max Kronawitter has written a book about it. – Bavaria
Max Kronawitter was a passionate filmmaker; he shot all over the world. Until a year ago, a malignant brain tumor completely changed his life. How he manages not to despair…