The Kessler twins united even after death. Ellen and Alice, 87 years old, they expressed in their respective wills the wish that their ashes be preserved together. “The common urn saves space. Nowadays you should save space everywhere. Even in the cemetery”, they explained to Build. The two wish for their ashes to be mixed together with those of their mother and also those of their own Yello poodle, passed away at the age of 14 due to heart problems: “We loved him more than anything. It was always a great joy to come home and see how happy the dog was with his two owners.”
The will of the Kessler twins
However, there is some doubt about the actual feasibility of the Kessler twins’ project. The law in Bavaria, where Alice and Ellen Kessler residewould prevent a burial of this type: “In Bavaria it is not allowed to bury two people in the same urn, nor a dog in a human cemetery.” The urn of the twins’ mother is located in the Gruenewald cemetery, near Munich, while the ashes of his father Paul, with whom they never had a good relationship, were lost in the Baltic Sea in 1979.
The heritage of the Kessler twins
The Kessler twins are not married and have no children. The sisters have decided to divide their inheritance equally and donate everything to charity: “There are so many people who need donations. In addition to Doctors Without Borders, also the Christian Blind Mission (CBM), Unicef, the Paul Klinger Künstlersozialwerk (non-profit organization that helps artists in difficulty) and the German Foundation for the protection of patients will have its part.”
