The Friedhof Heerstraße cemetery is located at Trakehnerallee 1 (Trakehner avenue No.1), district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin, Germany, to the east of the Olympiastadion. It covers an area of 149,650 square meters.
The cemetery was originally named and planned for the local residents of Villenkolonie Heerstraße. It was laid out between 1921 and 1924 around the Sausuhlensee (Sow's wallow lake), so called after wallows the wild boars used there. Created by landscape architect Erwin Barth as a forest cemetery, the chapel was designed by Erich Blunck.
Today's cemetery does not reflect its original design. In 1935/36 the original plans for extending the cemetery were dropped and the land was appropriated for landscaping related to the 1936 Summer Olympics; the fact that the non-denominational cemetery contained a number of Jewish graves bolstered the Nazis' need to keep the cemetery out of sight. Another problem for the Olympic organizers was that the cemetery chapel could be seen from the sports fields; accordingly the roof was lowered and other changes made to its design. The extension was only delayed and realized immediately after the war in May 1945. In 1948 the war-damaged chapel was rebuilt following the 1936 design alterations.
From the beginning this cemetery was open to all: Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even suicides. Its idyllic location on the lake attracted many prominent people whose graves are located there.
Graves of prominent people Those graves marked by an asterisk (*) are Ehrengrab des Landes Berlin (Honoured Grave: the city of Berlin pays all fees) Alfred Abel (1879–1937), actor and director Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930), composer and pianist Jakob Arjouni, (1964–2013), writer Hermann Bamberg* (1846–1928), Berlin honorary citizen Marcus Behmer* (1879–1958), writer, book illustrator, graphic designer and painter Arnold Berliner* (1862–1942), physicist Leo Blech (1871–1958), composer and conductor Werner Bloch* (1890–1973), politician Michael Bohnen (1887–1965), opera singer and actor Karl Bonhoeffer* (1868–1948), neurologist, psychiatrist and physician Alfred Braun* (1888–1978), screenwriter, actor and film director Ferdinand Bruckner* (1891–1958), writer and theater manager Erich Buchholz* (1891–1972), painter Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl "Vicco" von Bülow (1923–2011), better known as Loriot, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer Paul Cassirer* (1871–1925), art dealer Theodor Däubler* (1876–1934), poet Alexander Dehms* (1904–1979), politician Frida Leider* (1888–1975), opera singer Robert Dinesen, (1874–1972), Danish actor and film director Günter von Drenkmann*, president of the Court of Appeal Bill Drews* (1870–1938), Prussian Minister of the Interior Tilla Durieux* (1880–1971), actress Fritz Dylong* (1894–1965), politician Edyth Edwards* (1899–1956), actress Leonore Ehn* (1888–1978), actress Alexander Engel (1902–1968), actor Erich Fiedler (1901–1981), actor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), singer, conductor Max Jakob Friedländer (1867–1958), art historian Gunter Gabriel (1942–2017), singer and composer Vadim Glowna (1941–2012), actor Curt Goetz* (1888–1960), actor and writer Rolf von Goth (1906–1981), actor, writer Uwe Gronostay (1939–2008), chorus conductor, composer Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996), physician, German resistance Georg Groscurth (1904–1944), physician, German resistance George Grosz* (1893–1959), painter Käthe Haack (1897–1986), actress Thea von Harbou* (1888–1954), screenwriter, novelist, film director and actress Maximilian Harden* (1861–1927), journalist and writer Alfred Helberger* (1871–1946), painter Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), opera singer Jo Herbst (1928–1980), comedian Klaus Herm (1925–2014), actor Hilde Hildebrand (1897–1976), actress Paul Höffer (1895–1949), composer Walter Höllerer (1922–2003), literature scientist Claus Holm (1918–1996), actor Arno Holz* (1863–1929), poet and dramatist Hermann Jansen* (1869–1945), architect Curt Joël (1865–1945), politician Karl John, (1905–1977), actor Hans Junkermann (1879–1943), actor Margarete Klose (1899–1968), opera singer Franz Teddy Kleindin (1914–2007), Jazz musician, composer ("Klarinettenzauber"), arranger Georg Kolbe* (1877–1947), sculptor Viktor de Kowa* (1904–1973), actor August Kraus* (1868–1934), sculptor and painter Evelyn Künneke (1921–2001), singer and actress Eduard Künneke (1885–1953), composer Helmut „Fiffi“ Kronsbein (1914–1991), soccer player and trainer Helene Lange* (1848–1930), feminist and politician Leopold Langstein* (1876–1933), child physician Melvin J. Lasky (1920–2004), American writer, editor Valérie von Martens (1894–1986), actress Karlheinz Martin* (1886–1948), director of the Hebbel-Theater Valérie von Martens (1894–1986), actress Günter Meisner (1926–1994), actor Hermann Minkowski* (1864–1909), mathematician and physicist Oskar Minkowski* (1858–1931), internalist Hans Joachim Moser (1889–1967), music scientist Hermann Müller (1885–1947), marathon runner and race walker Walter Neusel (1907–1964), boxer Hildegard Ochse (1935–1997), photographer Albert Panschow*, Stadtältester Heinz Pehlke (1922–2002), cinematographer Josef Pelz von Felinau, writer Ernst Pepping (1901–1981), composer Werner Peters (1918–1971), actor and film producer Werner Pittschau (1902–1928), actor Hans-Michael Rehberg (1938–2017), actor Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004), politician Walter Richter (1905–1985), actor Joachim Ringelnatz* (1883–1934), writer, poet Ulrich Roski (1944–2003), singer-songwriter Willi Rose (1902–1978), actor Oscar Sabo (1881–1969), actor Hans Sahl (1902–1993), writer Oskar Sala (1910–2002), composer Hermann Scheer (1944–2010), politician Marcellus Schiffer (1892–1932), lyricist Heinrich Schnee (1871–1949), lawyer, last Governor of German East Africa August Scholtis* (1901–19690), writer Gustav Scholz (1930–2000), boxer, better known as Bubi Scholz Margarete Schön (1895–1985), actress Hannelore Schroth (1922–1987), actress Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1894–1970), physician, inventor of autogenic training Carl Schuhmann* (1869–1946), sportsman, many medals Guido Seeber (1879–1940), cinematographer Leonard Steckel* (1901–1971), actor and theatre director Ludwig Suthaus (1906–1971), opera singer Katharina Szelinski-Singer (1918–2010), sculptor Michiko Tanaka (1909–1988), actress, singer Sylke Tempel (1963–2017), author and journalist Jakob Tiedtke (1875–1960), actor Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, (1902–1983), actor Dinorah Varsi (1939–2013), pianist Walter Volle (1913–2002), rower, gold medal winner Olympia 1936 Kurt Wegner* (1898–1964), local politician Paul Wegener* (1874–1948), actor Grethe Weiser* (1903–1970), actress Dorothea Wieck (1908–1986), actress Agnes Windeck (1888–1975), actress Klausjürgen Wussow (1929–2007), actor Augusta von Zitzewitz (1880–1960), painter
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