ein Grab in den Lüften

We all recall the syllogism: “All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, Socrates is mortal.” More properly expressed, it should begin with “All animals are mortal.” Our animality and our mortality imply each other. Death is an unavoidable, basic fact of organic life. What discloses it as a human death are all the conventions associated with the funeral ritual (с) James Mensch

cf ужас западных военнопленных, когда они увидели, что русские хоронят своих без молитвы, "как собак".