A doctor's work in the right to die for ZEIT Online, Germany | Jana Margarete Schuler
“Who decides when life ends? Some wish to make that decision themselves”. For ZEIT Online in April, Jana Margarete Schuler photographed Marion von Helmolt, a doctor who assists people in ending their lives. Since February 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court recognized the right to die with dignity as a fundamental human right, allowing individuals to receive professional support in assisted suicide. Through Schuler’s lens, with the words of journalist Jana Gioia Baurmann, the quiet intensity and profound responsibility of this work come to life, offering a window into one of the most sensitive and controversial aspects of human existence.