This article attempts to shed light on the complex relation between cremation and Romanian forensic medicine, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of World War Two. In order to achieve this goal I analyze the case of Nicolae and Mina Minovici and their connection with the issues of cremation, revealing, in the end, the perception of this case in the eyes of the public opinion of those times. The analysis reveals the fact that even if Nicolae and Mina Minovici sustained the ideas of cremation in Romania due to its utilitarian purposes, they were not actual cremationists. Despite this, they were accused and stigmatized by voices around the Romanian Orthodox Church, being regarded as among the main promoters of cremation in Romania. [*]
[*] This work was supported by the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research CNCS-UEFISCDI, grant number 54/04.11. 2011 – PNII TE.
