Fritz Roth
Shrouds Now Come in Assorted Colors
New Freedoms in Funeral Customs
The ways we die and grieve have both been strongly conditioned by tradition and taboo. Yet traditional funeral customs - standardized and supervised by church and state - no longer suit our modern lives. In this book, Germany's best known undertaker reveals the contradictions in our ideas about death and bereavement. Decades of professional experience have brought him to the realization that we are capable of reaching decisions that lead to independent and dignified forms of departure. In addition, dealing with end-of-life questions can teach us a great deal about life itself.
Author
Fritz Roth
Born in 1949, Fritz Roth worked as a business consultant before becoming a bereavement counselor and taking over a funeral company in the town of Bergisch-Gladbach. He is the founder of Germany's first private cemetery, has authored several books on bereavement, explained death for a German television show for young children and is a sought-after speaker.
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189 pages, hardcover, 2011
Reviews
"Death is the best teacher of civil disobedience." Fritz Roth
"Fritz Roth has really breathed new life into the funeral scene." FAS
"Your own death requires only that you die. It's the death of others that you have to live with." Mascha Kaléko, lyric poet
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