More than 300 tiny pieces of human tissue from prisoners executed by the Nazis have been buried in Berlin. The samples were found in microscopic slides at a property that belonged to Hermann Stieve - an anatomy professor at the Charité university hospital. Heirs of the doctor, who died in 1952, discovered the collection in 2016. Researchers say Stieve systematically collaborated with the Nazis to receive the bodies of 184 people, mostly women, executed for political resistance. The tissue pieces - most less than a millimetre long - were discovered at Stieve's estate, stored in small black boxes, including some labelled with names. Once found, they were handed to Berlin's Charité university hospital, who tasked staff at the German Resistance Memorial Center (GDW) to research their history. RELATED | Stieve's List: The lost victims of Nazi experiments The burial ceremony on Monday took place at Berlin's Dorotheenstadt Cemetery. The grave is n...
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