SVEN PARUSHEV´S LAST RESTING PLACE IN BERLIN
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FINDING SVEN A FINAL RESTING PLACE
These 2 pics are actually from the Wilmersdorf cemetery and this exactly shows the space as it is today where he would be going.
THE STORY
IT WAS ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND SVEN HAD ONLY BEEN 34 YEARS OLD FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH WHEN I WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIS BED HOLDING HIS HAND GENTLY STROKING HIM WHILE I WAS WATCHING THE MEDICAL STAFF SLOWLY SHUTTING DOWN THE MACHINES THAT WERE STILL KEEPING HIM ALIVE. AFTER SVEN HAD DIED I HAD A TALK WITH HIS MOTHER AND TO MY GREAT SURPRISE SHE TOLD ME THAT, CONTRARY TO MY BELIEVE, SVEN DID NOT WANT TO BE BURIED IN BULGARIA IN HIS FAMILY´S GRAVE BUT INSTEAD BE BURIED RIGHT HERE IN BERLIN WHERE HIS NEW LIFE HAD BEEN AND WHERE HE HAD FELT SO AT HOME. THIS CAME AS A LITTLE SHOCKER TO ME SINCE I ALWAYS FOUND HIM TO BE SO PATRIOTIC AND ALWAYS PRAISING BULGARIA TO THE SKIES.
BE THAT AS IT MAY,I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ME WHO NOW HAD THE TASK TO NOT ONLY PUT HIM SOMEWHERE FOR GOOD BUT TO ORGANIZE AN APPROPRIATE MEMORIAL SERVICE/FUNERAL/FINAL RESTING PLACE SITE.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER HERE AND WHY YOU ARE READING THIS.
THE TRAGEDY OF HIM LOOSING HIS LIFE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE WAY HE IS GOING TO BE REMEMBERED AND IN THE WAY HE IS TO BE BURIED. FUNERALS AND CEMETERIES ARE AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS NOT ONLY IN GERMANY BUT ALMOST EVERYWHERE . SO WE DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MAIN GOAL WHICH IS TO SAY: WHERE IS HE GOING TO END UP ? AFTER WEIGHING ALL THE OPTIONS I DECIDED THE BEST WOULD BE TO HAVE HIM COME TO REST IN A CEMETERY IN BERLIN - WILMERSDORF, AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A STATE OWNED RESTING PLACE HOSTING JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY FROM EVERYWHERE OF ANY KIND OF FAITH! AMONG ST ALL THE USUAL OPTIONS TO BE BURIED THIS PLACE ALSO FEATURES A UNIQUE STRUCTURE CALLED A "COLUMBARIUM" BUILD IN THE 1920´S WITH AN AGED CHARM ABOUT IT ,VERY MUCH REMINDING ONE OF A CLASSICAL SPACE OR ROMAN , IF YOU LIKE. SINCE A MASS GRAVE, NAMED OR UNNAMED WAS NOT AN OPTION AND A SINGLE REGULAR GRAVE IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND NEEDS UPKEEP, ALSO CALLED GARDENING, AND IS COLD, MUDDY AND LONELY I DISMISSED THESE OPTIONS AND SINCE A LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL LIKE A POSTAL BOX WITH A TILE IN FRONT DID NOT APPEAL TO MY SENSIBILITIES AND ALSO WOULD NOT COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT HE LOST HIS LIFE SO EARLY I DECIDED TO ZOOM IN ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED COLUMBARIUM WITH A SINGLE SPACE FOR A LARGE FREESTANDING URN, NOTHING SQUEEZED, DIGNIFIED , NOT TOO CROWDED, SIMPLE & ELEGANT. I AM SURE HE WOULD LIKE IT. TO GET HIM INTO THIS URN WILL COST APPROXIMATELY 5.000,- EUROS. NOT A SMALL SUM BUT NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE INEXPENSIVE OPTIONS TO JUSTIFY PUTTING HIM THERE. SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS FOR SUCH AN ENDEAVOR I AM HERE TO ASK FOR EVERYBODY´S HELP!
These 2 pics are actually from the Wilmersdorf cemetery and this exactly shows the space as it is today where he would be going.THE STORY
IT WAS ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND SVEN HAD ONLY BEEN 34 YEARS OLD FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH WHEN I WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIS BED HOLDING HIS HAND GENTLY STROKING HIM WHILE I WAS WATCHING THE MEDICAL STAFF SLOWLY SHUTTING DOWN THE MACHINES THAT WERE STILL KEEPING HIM ALIVE. AFTER SVEN HAD DIED I HAD A TALK WITH HIS MOTHER AND TO MY GREAT SURPRISE SHE TOLD ME THAT, CONTRARY TO MY BELIEVE, SVEN DID NOT WANT TO BE BURIED IN BULGARIA IN HIS FAMILY´S GRAVE BUT INSTEAD BE BURIED RIGHT HERE IN BERLIN WHERE HIS NEW LIFE HAD BEEN AND WHERE HE HAD FELT SO AT HOME. THIS CAME AS A LITTLE SHOCKER TO ME SINCE I ALWAYS FOUND HIM TO BE SO PATRIOTIC AND ALWAYS PRAISING BULGARIA TO THE SKIES.
BE THAT AS IT MAY,I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ME WHO NOW HAD THE TASK TO NOT ONLY PUT HIM SOMEWHERE FOR GOOD BUT TO ORGANIZE AN APPROPRIATE MEMORIAL SERVICE/FUNERAL/FINAL RESTING PLACE SITE.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER HERE AND WHY YOU ARE READING THIS.
THE TRAGEDY OF HIM LOOSING HIS LIFE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE WAY HE IS GOING TO BE REMEMBERED AND IN THE WAY HE IS TO BE BURIED. FUNERALS AND CEMETERIES ARE AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS NOT ONLY IN GERMANY BUT ALMOST EVERYWHERE . SO WE DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MAIN GOAL WHICH IS TO SAY: WHERE IS HE GOING TO END UP ? AFTER WEIGHING ALL THE OPTIONS I DECIDED THE BEST WOULD BE TO HAVE HIM COME TO REST IN A CEMETERY IN BERLIN - WILMERSDORF, AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A STATE OWNED RESTING PLACE HOSTING JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY FROM EVERYWHERE OF ANY KIND OF FAITH! AMONG ST ALL THE USUAL OPTIONS TO BE BURIED THIS PLACE ALSO FEATURES A UNIQUE STRUCTURE CALLED A "COLUMBARIUM" BUILD IN THE 1920´S WITH AN AGED CHARM ABOUT IT ,VERY MUCH REMINDING ONE OF A CLASSICAL SPACE OR ROMAN , IF YOU LIKE. SINCE A MASS GRAVE, NAMED OR UNNAMED WAS NOT AN OPTION AND A SINGLE REGULAR GRAVE IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND NEEDS UPKEEP, ALSO CALLED GARDENING, AND IS COLD, MUDDY AND LONELY I DISMISSED THESE OPTIONS AND SINCE A LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL LIKE A POSTAL BOX WITH A TILE IN FRONT DID NOT APPEAL TO MY SENSIBILITIES AND ALSO WOULD NOT COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT HE LOST HIS LIFE SO EARLY I DECIDED TO ZOOM IN ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED COLUMBARIUM WITH A SINGLE SPACE FOR A LARGE FREESTANDING URN, NOTHING SQUEEZED, DIGNIFIED , NOT TOO CROWDED, SIMPLE & ELEGANT. I AM SURE HE WOULD LIKE IT. TO GET HIM INTO THIS URN WILL COST APPROXIMATELY 5.000,- EUROS. NOT A SMALL SUM BUT NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE INEXPENSIVE OPTIONS TO JUSTIFY PUTTING HIM THERE. SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS FOR SUCH AN ENDEAVOR I AM HERE TO ASK FOR EVERYBODY´S HELP!
Fundraising team (3)
Albrecht Pansing
Organizer
Berlin
Peter Paul Pansing
Beneficiary
Nadya Parusheva
Team member
