Overview
- The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben (DGHS) confirmed the sisters arranged a planned assisted death after contacting the organization more than a year ago.
- Police later verified it was a joint suicide carried out at their shared residence in Grünwald near Munich.
- DGHS procedures required at least six months of membership, a formal application, and multiple consultations with lawyers and physicians, with family involvement possible.
- The reported cost was €4,000 per person or €6,000 for two together, covering medical and legal support, according to a DGHS spokesperson cited in media reports.
- Germany’s unsettled legal framework has drawn fresh criticism, with former health minister Karl Lauterbach urging clear safeguards and Caritas president Eva Welskop-Deffaa warning against romanticized coverage and pressure on vulnerable elderly people.