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- David Weber of Brisbane, Australia, has published an article about Martin’s accident in Basel: Link to the article.
- The funeral ceremony was recorded on Tuesday, November 12, at 3pm CET in Basel, at the Münster. Follow this link to watch. The program can be downloaded here. And here is what attendees wrote down about what they were thankful for.
- Martin asked the following organizations to be considered instead of flowers:
- Mourning address:
- Beat Vosseler
Bündtenweg 15
4464 Maisprach
Switzerland
- Beat Vosseler
- The urn burial was held in the inner circle of family and friends on November 11.
- Here are some impressions from the accident location on October 26
- Rosemarie und Christoph Graf commemorate how Martin was named.
- Use the comment section below to share your grief, or get in touch with us if you would like to contribute a page or graphical or technical support.
I am thankful for the gift of having known this inspiring human being.
And currently deeply troubled about this sudden end of his journey among us.
Let us gather and move ahead with his inspiration.
We’re shocked beyond words, and are still grasping to come to terms with it. To us, Martin was a dearest friend and an inspiration. We know he meant the same to many others, around the world. And for the person that he was—an amazing synthesis of a unique and universal human being, caring, loving, determined, there’ll be no one like him. The world is a better place because of him. The loss is irrecoverable. At the same time, his spirit will live on, and continue to inspire us and many others, lit by the timeless radiance of the Sun!
Sajed and Rosie Kamal
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Martin was and is such a wonderful inspiration to me and gave so much to everyone he touched. I will miss him and his awesome presence for our world. With grief but with the fondest and deepest memories of this remarkable man.
The world is a richer place because of Martin.
He inspired so many people. He was such a role model.
He had so many talents.
And he was so humble.
Beautiful human being.
Let’s honor him by supporting his vision.
He is still with us, we just don’t see him.
God bless
❤
My family have treasured Martin’s friendship since meeting him by chance on the River Rhine in 1979. Physician, poet, violinist, linguist (German, English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish), passionate campaigner for renewable energy, and opponent of nuclear weapons, Martin walked the earth, bringing its peoples together. He stayed with us in Darwin, Australia in 2015. We mourn with his family and friends whose farewell to Martin in Basel’s Cathedral was such a wonderful celebration of his life. Thank you so much.
I knew Martin through our activities with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in the 1980s. He and I had a really nice friendship, but we hadn’t been in touch for many years. I decided to look him up on the Internet last night and found out about his death. I am so, so sorry to learn this. He was a magical man–truly a unique human being.
In 1986 I met Martin in the Caucasus mountains, he was a member of Soviet-American-Swiss expedition to the top of the highest peak of Europe – mount Elbrus. Our joint ascent laid the foundation for our long friendship. I visited his house in Basel in 1990 and in Elm in 2012, and he several time come to Russia and visited me and and my husband. I didn’t communicate with him during the last five years but I very often thought of him and his absolutely necessary and important work both spiritual and material. I am shocked about the news of his death in 2019 that I didn’t know about and learned just a couple of hours ago! The world lost such a wonderful, sunny person and I lost a dear friend whom I will never forget.