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Kessler Twins’ Assisted Death Confirmed as NDR Plans Tribute and Policy Debate Intensifies

Following confirmation, broadcaster tributes coincide with renewed demands for clearer safeguards on assisted dying in Germany.

Overview

  • DGHS said the 89-year-olds undertook months of evaluations and explicitly allowed the organization to disclose their identities.
  • Munich police reported no indication of third‑party involvement after the 17 November procedure at their Grünwald home.
  • Reports outline the protocol: a physician and a jurist were present, decisional capacity was rechecked, and the twins self‑started an IV delivering a lethal anesthetic dose.
  • NDR schedules the special "In Erinnerung an Alice und Ellen Kessler" for 0:00 on 22 November, with additional reflections available in the ARD Mediathek.
  • Actress Katerina Jacob says she has applied to join DGHS, as coverage revisits the twins’ updated will naming several charities as beneficiaries and a reported plan to sell their villa.