https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than 300 tiny pieces of human tissue from political prisoners executed by the Nazis and dissected for research were buried Monday at a Berlin cemetery, more than 70 years after World War II ended. https://www.thelocal.de/20190513/they-were-denied-a-grave-microscopic-remains-of-nazi-victims-given-final-resting-place Mon, 13 May 2019 12:36:15 +0200 they-were-denied-a-grave-microscopic-remains-of-nazi-victims-given-final-resting-place More than seven decades after the end of World War II, the remains of political prisoners executed by the Nazis and dissected for research will be given a proper burial in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190510/remains-of-nazi-prisoners-to-be-buried-in-berlin-decades-after-war Fri, 10 May 2019 10:24:10 +0200 remains-of-nazi-prisoners-to-be-buried-in-berlin-decades-after-war After the opening of the €2.5 million facility in southern Germany, animal burial experts have called for pet owners to have the chance to be buried alongside their beloved pets. https://www.thelocal.de/20171204/candles-and-music-germanys-first-horse-crematorium-to-give-equines-worth-farewell Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:21:02 +0100 candles-and-music-germanys-first-horse-crematorium-to-give-equines-worth-farewell Cryonics, the frozen suspension of bodies for their eventual reanimation, has inspired movies for decades. While still scorned by many scientists, a Bavarian gerontologist has prepared his own frozen preservation after a lifetime of studying aging in humans. https://www.thelocal.de/20141209/gerontologist-braces-for-his-big-freeze Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:40:00 +0100 gerontologist-braces-for-his-big-freeze