People and places

Notable graves

Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery: 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. Karl Liebknecht's grave

    Notable people

    Karl Liebknecht

    1871–1919

    Socialist politician and co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany.

  2. Rosa Luxemburg's grave

    Notable people

    Rosa Luxemburg

    1871–1919

    Economist, writer and a central voice of the European labour movement.

  3. Wilhelm Liebknecht's grave

    Notable people

    Wilhelm Liebknecht

    1826–1900

    Co-founder of the Social Democratic Workers' Party and a major figure in the labour movement.

  4. Konrad Wolf's grave

    Notable people

    Konrad Wolf

    1925–1982

    Film director and long-serving president of the GDR Academy of Arts.

  5. Käthe Kollwitz's grave

    Notable people

    Käthe Kollwitz

    1867–1945

    Printmaker and sculptor whose work addressed poverty, war and grief.

  6. Paul Singer's grave monument

    Notable people

    Paul Singer

    1844–1911

    Entrepreneur and Social Democratic politician whose funeral became a mass demonstration.