Tens of thousands of fans gathered Sunday at the Hannover stadium for a memorial service for Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, whose suicide has shaken the country. “Robert Enke will never come back to this stadium, the place where he conquered our hearts,” Hannover club president Martin Kind said at the beginning of the ceremony. “But it wasn't only his success that made Robert Enke so popular, it was the man, his personality.” The 32-year-old player, who played for Hannover 96, stepped in front of a train near his Hannover home Tuesday evening. His widow, Teresa, appeared on national television a day later to say her husband had been suffering from depression for six years but did not want it known. Enke's coffin was covered with white roses and was placed in the center of the pitch. Many fans wore black together with the club's green, white and black scarf.
