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German paper: Goethe's remains secretly dug up
From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19990320
Author:COLLEEN BARRY
BERLIN No one is more revered in German literature than Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, so it was with some surprise that a leading German newspaper broke the news Thursday that the national hero had been secretly exhumed about 30 years ago.
The macabre revelation - published on the front page of the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - came as Germany prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth later this year, on Aug. 28.
The Thuringia state culture minister, Gerd Schuchardt, demanded an investigation into the report, and the foundation that oversees the Goethe ...
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