Overview
- Multiple outlets report there will be no public ceremony or guests, with the urns to be placed quietly in the family plot at Waldfriedhof Grünwald.
- The arrangements follow testamentary instructions the sisters articulated in 2024 to be laid to rest with their mother, Elsa, in Grünwald.
- German practice prohibits a single urn for both sisters or combining human ashes with a pet’s remains, limiting aspects of their stated wishes.
- The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben confirmed their assisted suicide on November 17 at their Grünwald home, and Munich police reported no signs of foul play.
- Coverage details months of preparation, including parcels sent to friends, long-standing membership in an assisted-dying association, and a process accompanied by a physician and reportedly an attorney, with friends citing Ellen’s significant health issues.