The saddest affair ended with the death of the bride, before the wedding, but the strangeness did not stop at this scene, but the family memorialized her in a strange way at the request of the groom.
The international media called the incident “the saddest love affair of the twentieth century”, a relationship that brought together German doctor Karl Tanzler and his Cuban girlfriend, Maria Elena, which ended with her death as a result of her infection with “tuberculosis.”
And those means say that the beginning of the meeting that brought them together dates back to April 22, 1930, at the “Key West” hospital, where she was treated there and her condition was incurable, and the doctors confirmed that she would not live long, but he did not lose hope and expected that a miracle would occur at any time, and he remained Next to her until she died October 25, 1931 at the age of 21.
And because he could not live without her, he asked her family to agree to embalming her at his own expense, and after great insistence, Maria’s father agreed. He used to buy perfumes and gifts for her on a daily basis for 7 years.
After the matter reached the court, Karl’s statements aroused everyone’s sadness, as he expressed his strong love for Maria and demanded that they allow him to recover her body and return to his home, and he was released without trial, to write in his story the story of the saddest love affair in history.