Word: crematorium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kings and statesmen, the old lady did not appear to be alone. On her coffin lay a faded photograph of 50 years ago. Next day when she was carried the 40 miles to Coburg the photograph went too; stayed close to her when she was carried into the city crematorium and a string quartet sounded the measured strains of the Pilgrim's Chorus. The picture crackled and burned with her as the Parsifal passion music played imploringly and her son, a fast-aging man of 60, looked...