People and places

Notable graves

Heidefriedhof Berlin: Selected notable people, biographical context and guidance for finding their graves.

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Finding the graves

This selection includes 6 documented people and is not a complete grave register. Map markers appear only for unambiguously established locations. If no marker is shown, ask the cemetery administration for the section, row and grave number using the person’s name and dates, then consult the cemetery map.

Selected notable people

Selected people

6 documented graves
  1. Jürgen Fuchs's grave

    Notable people

    Jürgen Fuchs

    1950–1999

    Writer, civil-rights activist and critic of the SED dictatorship.

  2. Arthur Degner's grave

    Notable people

    Arthur Degner

    1888–1972

    Painter and printmaker associated with German Expressionism.

  3. Otto Burgemeister's honorary grave

    Notable people

    Otto Burgemeister

    1883–1957

    Municipal politician and mayor of Tempelhof district.

  4. Fritz Grantze's honorary grave

    Notable people

    Fritz Grantze

    1893–1966

    Municipal politician and honorary elder of Berlin.

  5. Notable people

    Franz Klühs

    1877–1938

    Journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism.

  6. Willy Kreuer's grave

    Notable people

    Willy Kreuer

    1910–1984

    Architect whose work includes the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek.