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University of Cologne about theft of ancestor of Indigenous Australian descent

University of Cologne
31 Dec 2025
Australia
Germany
RM* 09 Jan 2026

[in English and German] One of the mortal remains of three people of Indigenous Australian descent in the University of Cologne’s Anatomy Center, which were planned to be returned on 4 December 2025. was discovered during the preparations for the return to have been replaced.

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