Endress+Hauser expanded several buildings at its site in Stahnsdorf Endress+Hauser expanded its center of competence for silicon pressure sensors in Stahnsdorf near Berlin Germany at a cost of more than 12 million euros A new production hall was added to the existing building to serve the growing demand for silicon pressure instrumentation The expansion also includes a new office and laboratory building as well as a large outdoor area and additional parking Endress+Hauser has been operating at the Stahnsdorf Technology Park since 2009 where the specialist for measurement and automation engineering bundled its production capacities for silicon pressure sensors The expansion doubles the floor space at the site to slightly less than 11,000 square meters Although construction was completed in 2019 the official opening was postponed due to the pandemic and took place on Friday in the presence of customers and partners as well as representatives from business and politics The redesigned outdoor area of the center of competence for silicon pressure sensors “Behind the development and manufacture of silicon sensors is a lot of knowledge Endress+Hauser customers around the world benefit from many years of experience here in Stahnsdorf,” said Matthias Altendorf The sensor elements manufactured in Stahnsdorf are important components in high-quality pressure instruments assembled at locations in Germany Production takes place in clean rooms that meet the highest standards In 2021 around 375,000 sensor elements were produced in Stahnsdorf Increasing production capacity brings with it a corresponding need for personnel we announced our plans to double the number of employees at the location over the coming years We have since created and filled around 100 new positions both in production and development,” said Martin Laqua general manager of Endress+Hauser in Stahnsdorf That’s why we not only expanded production but also set up additional office and laboratory workstations The location also features more than 5,500 square meters of planting areas with 200 trees and 5,000 shrubs and perennials The gardens bear the names Spreewald and Havelland and serve as meeting and break areas “We wanted to offer our employees and guests a green atmosphere here managing director of Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure This intention was also confirmed by the jury of the Brandenburg Garden Competition: the facility in which regional tree and shrub species were deliberately planted received the 2021 award for the most beautiful garden in a commercial zone The concept was designed and implemented by the local landscape architecture studio Marcel Adam Bishop says church looking into moving urn amid claims plot was deliberately chosen by extremists The church management of a cemetery outside Berlin has said it made a “terrible mistake” by allowing the ashes of a prominent Holocaust denier to be buried in the gravesite of a Jewish-born musicologist Henry Hafenmayer, a 48-year-old neo-Nazi activist, was laid to rest last Friday at Stahnsdorf South-Western cemetery in Brandenburg in a ceremony that was attended by notorious rightwing extremists including Horst Mahler, the founding member of the Baader-Meinhof group turned neo-Nazi Before his illness-related death in August Hafenmayer had gained martyrdom status in German rightwing extremist circles after being sentenced to prison over a series of antisemitic letters to public institutions that described the Holocaust as a “lie” Photographs of the burial show that Hafenmayer’s urn was laid to rest on a burial plot in front of a gravestone of the Jewish scholar Max Friedländer a Prussian-born singer and music scholar who died of a stroke in Berlin in 1934 Friedländer’s gravestone was covered up with a black cloth and a sign bearing Hafenmayer’s name and a quotation from John 8:32: “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” The Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia said the burial plot had been reclaimed for new burials and Friedländer’s cremated remains removed as is common practice with gravesites whose leases are not renewed after a “rest period” of 10 to 20 years Friedländer’s headstone had been left standing since it was declared a listed monument The graveyard’s management said it had rejected an initial request from the neo-Nazi’s attorney for a more centrally located funeral plot out of fear the Stahnsdorf South-Western cemetery could become a rallying point for rightwing extremists A follow-up request to bury Hafenmayer at the site of Friedländer’s former grave had been granted based on the principle that every human being has “a right for a final resting place” and because the cemetery’s register listed the musician and scholar as being a Protestant at the time of his death the church conceded it had misjudged the situation and was looking into moving the urn containing the neo-Nazi’s ashes to another plot “The interment of a Holocaust denier at Max Friedländer’s gravesite is a terrible mistake and a staggering course of events in view of our history,” said Christian Stäblein a bishop at the The Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia “We have to immediately look into whether we can revert this process.” on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint at the justice department “It is obvious that rightwing extremists deliberately chose a Jewish grave in order to disturb the eternal peace through interment of a Holocaust denier.” Olaf Ihlefelt had come to know Stahnsdorf’s Southwest Cemetery as a place where very little was likely to change overnight he had diligently tended its graves – planting bulbs in spring and sweeping away the rust-red leaves come autumn the masonic landscape had remained utterly static Ihlefel was pretty convinced that these rows of tombs would continue to cast the same shadows until he himself was no longer living; that is until one July morning in 2015 when he wandered into the cemetery to find one of its grandest crypts desecrated He looked into the pit and saw a coffin with its lid prized open Inside lay the skeletal remains of one of Germany’s greatest silent filmmakers Ihlefelt turned away – wrist pressed against his nose and mouth he noticed something quite strange: Murnau was missing his skull Murnau died not in Germany but in California where he had managed to escape the Weimar republic and establish himself as one of the leading lights of Hollywood’s golden age just a week before the release of his film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Murnau was driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in a rented Packard touring car As his valet Eliazar navigated the pair along the winding coastline the director alerted him to a truck that had unexpectedly veered onto the wrong lane causing the car to overturn and throw the occupants onto the road the infamous Dracula adaptation still attracts hordes of devoted fans many of whom visit Murnau’s grave to pay tribute to the man who bought vampires to the silver screen it wasn’t a group of film buffs who raided Murnau’s tomb that night in 2015 the caretaker inspected the grave a third time leading him to assert that Murnau’s skull was stolen by “Satanists” who had used it to perform some candle-lit ritual under the cover of darkness By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org The church overseeing the cemetery acknowledged the “terrible mistake” and said it would attempt to rectify it (JTA) — After the remains of a notorious Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi were interred last week in the burial plot of a German-Jewish music scholar who died before the Holocaust the church that oversees the cemetery is looking into moving the neo-Nazi’s ashes to rectify its “terrible mistake.” a neo-Nazi known for denying the Holocaust died last week and was buried Friday at the Stahnsdorf South-Western cemetery in Brandenburg The plot where Hafenmayer’s ashes were buried had belonged to Max Friedländer a Jewish singer and scholar of music who died in 1934 The cemetery’s management said Hafenmayer was originally denied a more central burial plot to prevent his grave from becoming a site of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis But after denying Hafenmayer the more central plot it accepted a request to bury him in Friedländer’s plot which had been deemed available for a new burial because its lease had not been renewed allowing the cemetery to move Friedländer’s remains elsewhere Friedländer’s headstone remained in its place because it was designated a historical monument According to the Guardian Friedländer’s headstone was covered for Hafenmayer’s funeral with a sign inscribed with Hafenmayer’s name and a verse from the New Testament: “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” “The interment of a Holocaust denier at Max Friedländer’s gravesite is a terrible mistake and a staggering course of events in view of our history We have to immediately look into whether we can revert this process,” Stäblein said said the choice of Friedländer’s gravesite for Hafenmayer’s burial was not an accident “The intention here is obvious that right-wing extremists deliberately chose a Jewish grave in order to disrupt the peace of the dead by burying a Holocaust denier,” he wrote in a tweet Tuesday Salzborn filed a criminal complaint with the justice department JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy. 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Very large hail and isolated tornadoes possible RADARNeo-Nazi's burial in Jewish gravesite causes stir in Germanyby KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The burial of a Holocaust denier in the gravesite of a Jewish music professor has caused an uproar in Germany The top German government official tasked with combating antisemitism joining expressions of disbelief from some of the country's leading Jews Several German news outlets have reported that known Holocaust denier Henry Hafenmayer was buried Friday at the Stahnsdorf cemetery just outside of Berlin His ashes were interred in the plot where Max Friedlaender a German-Jewish musicologist who lived from 1852 to 1934 Several far-right extremists attended Hafenmayer's funeral according to groups that track neo-Nazi activism in Germany The head of Germany's leading Jewish group expressed shock that the Lutheran Church "The burial of a neo-Nazi and denier of the Shoah on the former grave of Jewish musicologist Max Friedlaender is unbearable," Josef Schuster president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Friedlaender's gravesite was cleared for new burials in 1980 his tombstone remains on the plot because it is under historic preservation The Lutheran Church has apologized and promised to investigate how Hafenmayer's remains ended up in the same plot as Friedlaender's The church said that people can sponsor the maintenance of historic gravesites at the Stahnsdorf cemetery and in exchange get buried on those sites when they die The city of Berlin's antisemitism commissioner said he thinks neo-Nazis intentionally chose a Jewish grave for Hafenmayer Salzborn has filed a criminal complaint on suspicion of disturbing the peace of the dead disparagement of the memory of the deceased and incitement of the people Reports from Germany suggest that a lioness is on the loose in the suburbs of south-western Berlin Police have advised residents to stay indoors which also includes a veterinarian and two hunters armed with tranquilliser guns The first report came at about midnight on Wednesday."Two passersby saw one animal chasing another One was a wild boar and the other apparently a wild animal a lioness," Brandenburg Police spokesperson Daniel Keip told German broadcaster RBB "The men recorded a video on their phones and even experienced policemen had to concede that it was probably a lioness." He continued "You often hear reports of crocodiles in swimming lakes and then it turns out all it was We're dealing with a lioness that's roaming freely through Teltow said that an officer involved in the search has since sighted the animal although it is stressed that the authorities have yet to formally verify the reports that it is indeed a lioness on the loose Herr Grubert advised citizens not to panic but also asked that people refrained from walking The local police posted on Twitter: “Please avoid leaving the house due to an escaped wild animal in the Kleinmachnow Teltow & Stahnsdorf (PM) area and also bring your pets into the house Our colleagues are on site and checking the situation." However, according to reports, local zoos and sanctuaries have confirmed that none of their animals have escaped. Michel Rogall, a circus director in Teltow told the Tagesspiegel newspaper, "If it's a lion head of the wild animals in trade unit at global animal welfare organisation Four Paws commented: "It is very likely that the animal "This incident highlights the need for Germany to implement nationwide regulations governing the private keeping and trade of exotic animal species." Main image: Brandenburg police spokeswoman Kerstin Schroeder Kleinmachnow mayor Michael Grubert and Kleinmachnow volunteer fire department chief Alexander Scholz attend a news conference about a possible escaped lioness outside the City Hall (Rathaus) in Kleinmachnow Editor of BBC Wildlife and discoverwildlife.com Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. German police have asked residents to stay inside and bring in pets I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice An animal - believed to be a lioness - is on the loose just outside Berlin Police in Brandenburg state, which surrounds the capital, have asked residents to stay inside and bring in pets as hunters two helicopters and thermal cameras hunt for the wild animal Officers have been using loudspeakers to warn people in the Kleinmachnow The warning was later extended to southern areas of Berlin and an alert was sent on an official warning app that the animal was suspected to be a lioness Police had no immediate information on who owned the animal Two men reported seeing a big cat running after a wild boar “The two gentlemen recorded a smartphone video and even experienced police officers had to confirm that it is probably a lioness,” police spokesman Daniel Kiep told local broadcaster rbb A video posted on Twitter - which has not been verified - appears to show a lion in undergrowth no zoos or circuses have reported missing an animal Police believe the animal could be sleeping in a wooded area “The escaping wild animal has NOT been found yet please call the emergency number 110!,” Brandenburg police tweeted Last year, five lions briefly escaped their enclosure at the Taronga zoo in Sydney prompting authorities to rush overnight guests to safe zones and initiate an investigation into the “significant” safety breach The lions walked back to their enclosure after a “code one” alert was sounded to local residents the most severe one on the zoo’s emergency warning list Four years earlier, In 2018, two lions, two tigers and a jaguar escaped their enclosures after storms destroyed fences in western Germany The big cats were later recaptured after being found by a drone Meanwhile, a puma was reportedly seen on the loose in Cornwall in 2016 after a decapitated deer and large paw prints were found near where the animal was sighted. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies German police are on the hunt for a wild animal Police in the state of Brandenburg warned people to be cautious of an “escaped wild animal” in the early hours of Thursday asking people to avoid leaving their houses and to bring their pets indoors The warning was initially limited to the areas of Kleinmachnow, Teltow and Stahnsdorf, but was later extended to include the south of Berlin, with local police warning the animal was believed to be a lioness “The escaped wild animal has NOT been found yet!” warned Brandenburg police in a tweet around 7:30 a.m. Police said they were first notified about the animal when two witnesses spotted what they described as a “big cat” running with a wild boar, according to the RBB public broadcaster. The witnesses also took videos of the animal, which were shared by several news media The authorities are working with veterinarians and hunters on the search and are using helicopters to find the animal They said they were unsure where the animal came from with no local zoo or circus reporting a missing lioness However, not everyone is convinced the animal is a lioness. Speaking to German news outlet t-online the Association of Zoo Veterinarians said the profile of the animal as seen on the eyewitness video does not seem “typical” of a lioness Grzegorz Braun’s actions have been condemned by both the Polish justice minister and the country’s equality minister Significant foreign aid cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone “Europe cannot afford to remain reactive,” the European Commission will warn in strategy to be unveiled on Wednesday Police used loudspeakers and emergency apps to warn people in the Kleinmachnow Teltow and Stahnsdorf areas - who were also advised to keep children and pets inside Officials said riot police had also been deployed "to protect the population" Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2021The Protestant Church in Germany has apologized for allowing the burial of a Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi on the old grave site of a Jewish-born scientist near Berlin July 15 (UPI) -- An unknown grave robber has stolen the skull of director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau from his gravesite in Germany The Nosferatu creator has been dead for 84 years Murnau died in California at 42 years old in a car accident involving his Rolls Royce, which was possibly driven by a young boy He is best known for directing one of the scariest horror movies in history Other works by the German director are Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Murnau's NOSFERATU (trailer) from Cinefamily on Vimeo. Neo-Nazi Henry Hafenmayer was laid to rest at the gravesite of professor Max Friedlaender The management of a cemetery in Germany admitted to making a “terrible mistake” by allowing the burial of ashes of a prominent neo-Nazi at the vacant plot of a deceased Jewish music professor Last Friday, 48-year old neo-Nazi Henry Hafenmayer was laid to rest at the gravesite of professor Max Friedlaender who died from a stroke in 1934 Though Professor Friedlaender’s remains were moved to a separate site in 1980 his headstone remained on the plot as it was declared a listed monument Burial plots in Germany are reused after the leases of the gravesites are not renewed after a period of 10 or 20 years held at Stahnsdorf South-Western cemetery in Brandenburg was attended by rightwing extremists including Horst Mahler who spent around a decade in jail for repeated incitement to racial hatred and Holocaust denial The attendants also placed a portrait of Hafenmayer in front of Friedlaender’s shrouded tombstone Neo-Nazis also laid wreaths on the grave with nationalist messages and ribbons with Nazi-era cross symbols Bishop Christian Stäblein issued a statement: “The burial of a Holocaust denier on the gravesite of Max Friedlaender is a terrible mistake and a shocking event in view of our history." He added: “We must immediately see if we can make up for this Samuel Salzborn, the official in charge of combating anti-Semitism in Berlin, launched legal action against the mourner and moved a criminal complaint at the justice department for allegedly disturbing “the eternal peace through interment of a Holocaust denier”. Additionally, police arrested a man wanted on two warrants during an identity check in the vicinity of the cemetery. He apparently belonged “to the Reich citizen scene,” a group related to Reich Citizens’ Movement that rejects the legitimacy of modern German federal republic, reported DW. According to the church, the representatives for Hafenmayer had requested a more centrally located burial plot. The request however, was turned down as the management feared that it would become a rallying point for rightwing extremist, reported the Guardian. The graveyard management granted a follow-up request on the principle that every human being has “a right for a final resting place”. Brandenburg Interior Minister Michael Stübgen also slammed the church’s decision saying "the allocation of this gravesite to a Holocaust denier is a fatal mistake and lacks any sense of tact." govt and politics","score":0.830221},{"label":"/law The founder of a global evangelical Christian television network who publicly opposed COVID-19 vaccines has died weeks after he contracted the virus. The death of 64-year-old Marcus Lamb, the founder and president of the Texas-based Daystar Television Network, was announced Tuesday in a tweet by the conservative network. "It's with a heavy heart we announce that Marcus Lamb president and founder of Daystar Television Network went home to be with the Lord this morning," the tweet read. "The family asks that their privacy be respected as they grieve this difficult loss Please continue to lift them up in prayer." Lamb has publicly opposed the available coronavirus vaccines and has instead promoted unproven COVID-19 treatments, Media Matters reported. "As much as my parents have gone on here to kind of inform everyone about everything going on to the pandemic and some of the ways to treat COVID — there's no doubt that the enemy is not happy about that And he's doing everything he can to take down my Dad." Marcus Lamb joins a growing list of conservative, anti-vaccine media personalities to have died as a result of COVID-19. Other high-profile anti-vaccine advocates to have died this year from the coronavirus include: former CIA officer and conspiracy theorist Robert David Steele and South Carolina GOP conservative leader Pressley Stutts This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Paula Mejia is a reporter and culture writer either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content but the decapitation itself wasn't discovered until Monday Managing Director of the Murnau Foundation Ernst Szebedits said the group had "received this news with disbelief," adding that "it doesn't make sense." German authorities are still investigating as to what kind of head case would have taken Murnau's skull So why did the crooks wait 84 years after Murnau's death to take his skull but they might have left behind a clue: Wax drippings were found inside and around his tomb located in the Stahnsdorf cemetery near Berlin leading authorities to believe that this wasn't just a grave-robbing incident and that the skull-swiping was perhaps part of an occult ritual The director—who is buried alongside his two brothers—perished in a 1931 car accident While he directed 20 films (one of which even earned Academy Awards at the first ceremony at once a masterful reinterpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula and a horror classic that set the standard for the dread-filled formula of creepy films today According to Stahnsdorf cemetery resident manager Olaf Ihlefeldt people have been trying to creep into Murnau's crypt since the 1970s Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all The embalmed head of Nosferatu director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau has been stolen from a cemetery near Berlin The thieves reportedly broke in the 200-hectare Stahnsdorf cemetery over the weekend The ghastly discovery was made by cemetery warden Olaf Ihlefeldt who regularly checks the condition of the corpse since a previous damage to the grave Ihlefeldt called the theft a "scandal" that undermines the dignity of the dead director The body is in good condition and Murnau's head still has facial features such as hair and teeth one of the most influential German directors of the early 20th century was the man behind cult silent movie Nosferatu – A Symphony Of Horror an expressionist adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula featuring Max Schreck as vampire protagonist The German director died in a traffic accident in California in 1931 and his body was embalmed and placed in a metal coffin He was entombed in Southwest Cemetery in Stahnsdorf and his funeral was attended by just 11 people Police said they have no clear indications as to the perpetrators' identity Many visitors and fans around the world make a pilgrimage to visit the tomb of Murnau who is buried along with his brothers Robert and Bernard Plumpe but will soon be returning to the capital to prepare for the 2023/24 season when coach Pál Dárdai and the team come together at the Olympic Park “The players will start doing some exercises themselves earlier on so that their muscles aren’t too sore on the first day back or they get worse issues Pre-season is technically underway already,” explained our head coach, whose players have received individual training plans Training camp in Austria – three friendlies confirmed Further dates for Hertha’s pre-season have also been confirmed The first two friendlies are against RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf on 2nd July (Sunday 16:00 CEST) and BFC Dynamo on 7th July (19:00 CEST at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark) there will be a reunion with Fabian Lustenberger Hertha will ace BSC Young Boys at the Tissot Arena in Biel (Saturday 8th July The announcement of further matches in preparation for the new season will be made soon The team will also travel to Austria for a training camp on 12th July in Zell am See The official season opening will take place on Saturday 22nd July at the Olympic Park with the German Football League (DFL) presenting the match schedule for the 2023/24 season on 30th June Our German-speaking fans can stay on the ball with the Hertha BSC newsletter Sign up today and you will receive a 10% welcome discount He was a "forgotten" Shropshire hero of the Great War But in November 2004 the Queen specially remembered him On a visit to the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Stahnsdorf who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the opening days of the conflict in 1914 That visit came just a few days before Remembrance Day in 2004 when then Britain remembered the sacrifices of those heroes who fought and never returned home to their loved ones Yate's courageous deeds had been all but forgotten because he had no children and few family members left when he died But thanks to the efforts of the Madeley Local Studies Group his story had been brought to wider public attention Yate hailed from a Madeley family and the account which had been written in history was that he was seriously injured fighting a desperate rearguard action at Le Cateau in August 1914 and subsequently died of his wounds This was a straightforward version of his final heroic moments which led to the award of the Victoria Cross According to the citation he "commanded one of the two Companies that remained to the end in the trenches at Le Cateau on August 26 and when all other officers were killed or wounded and ammunition exhausted led his 19 survivors against the enemy in a charge in which he was severely wounded He was picked up by the enemy and has subsequently died as a prisoner of war." But it was a version which has proven to be misleading Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate – or "Cal" Yate from his initials – was the son of a vicar of Madeley but research by historian Shelagh Hampton strongly pointed to him being born in Germany He had narrowly escaped death in two previous conflicts He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Graspan in the Boer War in 1899 and later was specially chosen to report on the military tactics of the Japanese during the war between Russia and Japan Yate was decorated for his service by the Emperor of Japan and there has been speculation that the Japanese "death before dishonour" approach to capture might have been relevant to the manner of his own death In the Great War he was serving in the 2nd Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the war diary detailing the climatic moments at Le Cateau reads: “At about 4.20pm the final rush came Major Yate gave the order to meet it with a charge but the number of men near him able to support it was so small that his desperate call met with practically no response A photograph exists which shows a haunted-looking and apparently unwounded Yate surrounded by his captors Modern research in Major Yate’s file in the National Archives by Shelagh of the Madeley Living History Project uncovered what happened next He ended up in a German prisoner-of-war camp but having done so was rumbled and set upon by hostile German civilians on their way to work at a local factory he slit his throat with a cut-throat razor Shelagh did not give credence to the idea that the German statements about his death might be a cover-up for murder by a mob with one Sergeant from the battalion writing a few weeks later: "I am told that Major C.A.L Yate has been shot while trying to escape.” Yate was honoured with the installation of a new paving stone in front of Madeley war memorial at a ceremony attended by civic dignitaries and guests on August 26 to coincide with the anniversary of the battle at which he won his VC The paving stone was part of a national scheme to honour the VC heroes of the Great War German news outlets report that the head of late film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau who made the movie "Nosferatu," an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" The early "Vampire" movie "Nosferatu eine Symphonie des Grauens" (translated as Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror) or simply Nosferatu" is counted among the scariest of horror movies from the silent movie era The movie starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok was released in 1922. The graverobbers broke into the Stahnsdorf cemetery, located around 20 km from Berlin, and entered the Murnau mausoleum built on the 22-hectare property, according to Variety the body of 42-year-old Murnau was embalmed It is being reported that the body is still is 'good condition' while Murnau's face still had facial features including hair and teeth The German police have launched an investigation The German daily "Bild" in its report speculated that the graverobbers may have also performed an occult ritual before stealing away Murnau's head "Nosferatu" still has a cult-following and Murnau is considered a pioneer of the horror-film genre. Murnau died in a car accident in 1931 near Santa Barbara