Deadly Matters: Death Café / Cafe Tod

​For a time, people picnicked among the deceased, visiting cemeteries to share food and stories with both the living and the dead. This tradition still exists in many cultures.

​We invite you to join us at the long table where we can openly discuss our experiences with death and dying while sharing dishes that remind us of our deceased loved ones. Death Café is not a grief counseling session or a support group, but rather a space to talk freely about death in a supportive environment.

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​Eine Zeit lang picknickten Menschen unter den Verstorbenen und besuchten Friedhöfe, um mit den Lebenden und den Toten Essen und Geschichten zu teilen. Diese Tradition existiert noch immer in vielen Kulturen.

​Wir laden Sie ein, sich an unserem langen Tisch zu versammeln, wo wir offen über unsere Erfahrungen mit Tod und Sterben sprechen und Gerichte teilen, die uns an unsere verstorbenen Lieben erinnern. Das Death Café ist keine Trauerberatung oder Selbsthilfegruppe, sondern ein Raum, in dem man frei über den Tod in einer unterstützenden Umgebung sprechen kann.

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​Hosts: 

​Angela Craig-Fournes / Funeral Ladies. Educator, theologian, and funeral director committed to helping others normalize death through conversations and guidance. Angela pioneered in Germany the idea of a Death Café where a conversation on death and dying evolves in an informal and unstructured manner. Angela’s early years were spent in Mexico, where she learned how life is celebrated and death is mourned with family and friends through rituals. These experiences have formed her work as she involves family and friends and the dying in the transition between worlds.   She is the author of  “Death must be lived. An undertaker helps those who go, and those who stay” / "Den Tod muss man leben. Eine Bestatterin hilft, denen die gehen, und denen die bleiben".

​Katya Romanova. Designerin und Produzentin des Podcasts berlin bones über Berliner Friedhöfe – erzählt aus den Perspektiven der Stadtplanung, Soziologie, Kultur, Ökologie und Religion. Designer, host & producer of the podcast berlin bones on Berlin cemeteries - told from the perspectives of urban planning, sociology, culture, ecology and religion.