In the photos and video footage of Goebbel's corpse, his left arm is raised high and clenched in a fist but immobile and doesn't fall back down. Can someone explain to me how his arm would maintain that position? I've had no luck looking up a dead person with their arm raised and not falling back down.
Question about Joseph Goebbel's corpse
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Re: Question about Joseph Goebbel's corpse
When a body is cremated, the tendons can tighten, bending the limbs. Bodies have been know to sit up while being cremated (which, I have been told, is rather disconcerting for onlookers).
Edit: Some additional info: http://io9.gizmodo.com/5934164/do-bodie ... -cremation
Edit: Some additional info: http://io9.gizmodo.com/5934164/do-bodie ... -cremation
Re: Question about Joseph Goebbel's corpse
Just what I was about to say myself - it's the result of high temperatures!
Treu wie die deutsche Eichen
Re: Question about Joseph Goebbel's corpse
It's also what's caused the lips to draw back from the teeth like that.
Treu wie die deutsche Eichen