Germans have turned out in their thousands to honour a young woman killed after defending two teenagers being harassed by a group of men.
Tugce Albayrak had intervened when she heard the girls crying for help from the toilet of a McDonald's restaurant in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, on November 15.
After she stepped in, the men harassing the girls left the restaurant but one returned and allegedly attacked Ms Albayrak.
He is alleged to have hit her head with what police have said was a stone or a bat.
After Ms Albayrak spent two weeks in a coma, her family were told she was brain-dead.
They decided to switch off her life support on Friday - her 23rd birthday.
As around 1,500 people took part in a memorial outside the hospital, news emerged that her organs had been donated to help others.
Another gathering in Offenbach saw hundreds of people holding signs reading: "Thank you Tugce".
One of the largest vigils was in Berlin's Oranienplatz, where there is a large Turkish community.
Student teacher Ms Albayrak was a German citizen of Turkish origin and lived in the town of Gelnhausen.
President Joachim Gauck is considering giving her a posthumous award of the national order of merit, after a petition calling for the honour gathered more than 100,000 signatures, according to news agency dpa.
In a letter to Ms Albayrak's family, he wrote that she "will always remain a role model to us", and that "our entire country mourns with you".
He added: "Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all.
"Where other people looked the other way, Tugce showed exemplary courage and moral fortitude."
Police have appealed for witnesses, including the teenage girls, to come forward.
Surveillance video showing the fatal attack on Ms Albayrak has been published by German newspaper Bild.
The footage shows a man being held back several times by another young male as he appears to want to run in the direction of Ms Albayrak.
At some point, the man appears to hit Ms Albayrak on the head - as the other man still keeps trying to protect her - and she falls on the ground and stops moving.
Her attacker, identified by media as Senal M, from Serbia, has confessed to striking Ms Albayrak, the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported.
He remains in police custody.
An autopsy will be performed on Ms Albayrak later on Monday.
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