Goethe’s Remains Reportedly Exhumed
From Times Wire Reports
A leading German newspaper has reported that revered German literary hero Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was secretly exhumed about 30 years ago. The macabre revelation came as Germany prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Goethe’s birth on Aug. 28. Scientists in the former East Germany removed Goethe’s remains from his tomb in 1970 to preserve the skeleton. They enclosed it in foam before returning it to the tomb.
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