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 gravesChris Gueffroy’s grave Notable people
Chris Gueffroy
1968–1989
The last person shot and killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
Alfred Grotjahn’s honorary grave Notable people
Alfred Grotjahn
1869–1931
Physician and a founder of social hygiene in Germany.
Clara Bohm-Schuch’s grave Notable people
Clara Bohm-Schuch
1879–1936
Social Democratic politician and Reichstag member; her funeral in 1936 became a silent protest against the Nazi regime.
Georg Pniower’s grave Notable people
Georg Pniower
1896–1960
Landscape architect and university teacher.
Paul von Essen’s grave Notable people
Paul von Essen
1886–1933
Trade unionist and resistance fighter against National Socialism.
Notable people
Erich Lodemann
1909–1944
Railway worker and resistance fighter executed in 1944.
