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Received: 25 January 2018

Revised: 7 April 2018

Accepted: 29 April 2018

First Online: 10 May 2018

Compliance with ethical standards

: Dealing with human remains in academic and historical collections is a challenge also in terms of ethical issues. We followed the recommendations of the German Museums League and the working group of academic collections. This covers considerations about the logically unavailable direct or indirect consent from relatives, the not negotiable need for provenance research—a must not only for German collections before World War II—and requirements for appropriate custody, presentation, and audience.

: All authors declare no support from any organization for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.