Overview
- Bavarian police found Alice and Ellen Kessler at their Grünwald residence after the required notification and reported no evidence of third-party involvement.
- The German Association for a Dignified Death said the case was assisted suicide, a practice permitted in Germany under strict conditions while euthanasia is banned.
- The sisters chose the date of their deaths and the procedure took place in the presence of a physician and a lawyer, according to Bavarian public broadcaster BR.
- Recent correspondence underscored deliberate planning, including a letter expressing their wish to die together and a subscription cancellation adjusted to take effect on 17.11.2025.
- Their instructions called for a single urn with the ashes of their mother Elsa and dog Yello and for their assets to be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières.