'Body Worlds' creator fires father over Nazi past Dad never talked to von...

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 7, 2005 ;     320 words ......rave reviews. But in Europe, Gunther von Hagens, the German physician who created the...monstrous. The harshest criticism has likened von Hagens to Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who...camp prisoners. Polish media reported von Hagens' father, Gerhard Liebchen, was in the...

Americans Pledge Ultimate Gift to German Scientist; The California Science...

PR Newswire;  September 15, 2004 ;     659 words ......month, Gunther von Hagens began his search...WORLDS at the California Science Center could...forum held at the California Science Center, yesterday evening. Gunther von Hagens, whom the donors...exhibit at the California Science Center was amazing...i.e. ...

A MAN OF MANY PARTS Gunther von Hagens started by embalming fish, rats and...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......something unmistakable about Dr Gunther von Hagens. When he walks, he does so in an eerily...even take it off in bed. According to von Hagens, he wears his hat as a mark of respect...later. As we wait for her to arrive, von Hagens gives me a guided tour of his empire...

BODY WORLDS 3 & The Story of the Heart Opens at the California Science...

U.S. Newswire;  January 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Kristina Kurasz of the California Science Center, +1-213-744-7446...the Heart opens at the California Science Center March 14, 2008 and...Created by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, BODY WORLDS 3 is the result...the United States, the California Science Center established an ...

BODY WORLDS 3 at the California Science Center Announces International...

PR Newswire;  June 3, 2008 ;     399 words ......Thurs., June 5 at the California Science Center. Visitors...man hours. Gunther von Hagens, the creator of BODY...American debut at the California Science Center in 2004. BODY...Creator Dr. Gunther von Hagens, BODY WORLDS Creative...Angelina Whalley, California ...

Bodies beautiful; Anatomy as art.(Gunther von Hagens exhibit stirs up...

The Economist (US);  March 23, 2002 ;     592 words ......hadn't seen the exhibition. But Gunther von Hagens, a German anatomist who invented plastination...pliable and well-preserved, which Mr von Hagens modestly describes as a new fate for...about bodies. Among his influences, Mr von Hagens cites Michelangelo, da Vinci, and other...

Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 2.

PR Newswire;  January 24, 2005 ;     379 words ......WHO: Dr. Gunther von Hagens, (Scientific Director...Rudolph, President, California Science Center, will give...period. WHERE: California Science Center 700 State...Natalie Lesly, all of California Science Center, +1-213...

First humans, now animals are turned inside out by Von Hagens

The Independent - London;  July 19, 2008 ;     363 words ......fat with a silicone polymer, Gunther Von Hagens has attracted infamy and fascination...the "plastination" process which allows Von Hagens to reveal the anatomy of his subjects...into physiology. Previous exhibitions by Von Hagens, who is referred to as Dr Frankenstein...

Von Hagens's slice of life

The Independent on Sunday;  November 24, 2002 ;     681 words ......performed by a team led by Professor Gunther von Hagens, famed for his popular and controversial...chain-smoking alcoholic - had pledged his body to Von Hagens's Institute for Plastination. I had an...definition of autopsy is to see for oneself. Von Hagens offered an opportunity to ...

Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 2: All New Specimens Include an Ice...

PR Newswire;  January 26, 2005 ;     455 words ......America at the California Science Center, January...visitors, Dr. Gunther von Hagens, creator of BODY...special exhibit in California Science Center history. WHO: Dr. Gunther von Hagens, (Scientific Director...Rudolph, President, California Science Center, ...

The strange case of Professor Von Hagens and his incredible Cadaver Circus...

Scotland on Sunday;  November 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ......who secured tickets to see Prof Gunther von Hagens' fabulous freak show, and the 1.4 million...illusions either. And, even if they had been, Von Hagens' gothic features, black fedora and grotesque...begin. In fact, no-one was taken in by Von Hagens' assertion that he wanted to open ...

Roll up, roll up: see a dead body cut up live on stage! The IoS interview;...

The Independent on Sunday;  November 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The health officials who have Gunther von Hagens in their sights over his plans to carry...It was the late 1960s and Professor von Hagens was a 21-year-old medical student in...getting. "I cost only DM43,000," says Prof von Hagens. "I was a good buy!" Sporting his trademark...

American Premiere of Gunther von Hagens' 'BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical...

PR Newswire;  June 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......plastination, opens at the California Science Center on July 2, 2004...exhibit ever mounted at the California Science Center. Science Center...Developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, BODY WORLDS is the first...plastination, a technique Dr. von Hagens invented in 1977...the ...

LAPD Investigating Theft of Plastinated Fetus From BODY WORLDS 2 Exhibit...

PR Newswire;  March 29, 2005 ;     434 words ......collection was taken from Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 2: The Anatomical...Exhibition of Real Human Bodies at the California Science Center. The theft was announced...creator of the exhibit, Dr. Gunther von Hagens. We ask for the public's assistance...This was the first theft from ...

Dr. Gunther von Hagens Sets Record Straight On 'Crucifixion TV Show'...

PR Newswire;  September 22, 2006 ;     400 words ......suffering, and that anatomist, Dr. Gunther von Hagens will use a real body to show how people...interesting collaborations and forums for Dr. von Hagens to promote health education, public anatomy...donation. A few are in harmony with Dr. von Hagens' mission, some are reality show ...