Archive for May 6th, 2008

Where Is Schiller?

6th May 2008 with 1 Comment

David Rising at Associated Press writes about the mixture of bones in Friedrich Schiller’s grave, none of which belong to the dead poet:
Schiller’s remains had been interred in a mausoleum in Weimar’s Jacobs cemetery that the state kept for distinguished citizens. But the remains were mixed with others, and when a total of 23 skulls [...]

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