Frida Vogels and Death

Frida Vogels, who passed away at 96, shared her unusual experiences with death in Italy, highlighting the chaos surrounding funerals and cremations. Her unpublished diary entries reveal her refusal to hospitalize her dying husband, Ennio, and her conflicts with a funeral director and a priest. Vogels recounts the moment she lost her husband without a proper farewell, and her disdain for religious rituals. The narrative concludes with her own cremation, marked by bureaucratic confusion, and her ashes being placed with Ennio's. The piece reflects on the complexities of death and remembrance.