tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15925758.post115168205222799516..comments2023-04-13T05:02:46.747-07:00Comments on Aarastas and Sarsosari: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818108640260038371noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15925758.post-1151707353882758282006-06-30T15:42:00.000-07:002006-06-30T15:42:00.000-07:00Nope, not sure. But in doing some research, that'...Nope, not sure. But in doing some research, that's one of the controversies behind the exhibit. It was really cool, regardless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818108640260038371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15925758.post-1151696620588094812006-06-30T12:43:00.000-07:002006-06-30T12:43:00.000-07:00"Although von Hagens insists that all the bodies d..."Although von Hagens insists that all the bodies displayed in his exhibition come from donors, the same cannot be said of the bodies held at his Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg. In 1999, a German magazine claimed to have traced the bodies and found them to be those of 56 Siberian peasants and mental patients from Novosibirsk. Von Hagens does indeed have a contract with the Anatomical Institute of the University of Novosibirsk, which is licensed to collect unclaimed bodies. <BR/><BR/>One particular case horrified many visitors: one of the bodies had Cyrillic characters tattooed on its arm, suggesting that the owner may have been a former prison camp inmate. Von Hagens denies this, saying that the tatooed body belongs to a German citizen and a personal friend. Nevertheless, the connotations were appalling for many Germans, some of whom demonstrated against the artist. When his exhibition opened in Cologne, it was greeted by protestors bearing the banner 'Mengele 2000'."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15925758.post-1151691101135333942006-06-30T11:11:00.000-07:002006-06-30T11:11:00.000-07:00Holocaust victims? Are you sure about that? I th...Holocaust victims? Are you sure about that? I thought I read they were just people who had donated their bodies to science. Pretty cool. I wanted to see it when it was in LA, but we never got around to it. I think the only one that would have creeped me out would be the pregnant lady showing the fetus inside. That might have only been in the previous exhibit though. Cute kids as always!heidi nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221360262539200285noreply@blogger.com