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 gravesGraves of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel Notable people
Bertolt Brecht
1898–1956
Playwright and poet; his grave is one of the cemetery's most visited places of remembrance.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's grave Notable people
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
1770–1831
Philosopher and a defining figure of German idealism.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel's grave Notable people
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1781–1841
Architect and urban designer whose work shaped Berlin.
Heinrich Mann's grave Notable people
Heinrich Mann
1871–1950
Writer and president of the poetry section of the Prussian Academy of Arts.
Graves of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel Notable people
Helene Weigel
1900–1971
Actor and long-serving artistic director of the Berliner Ensemble.
Anna Seghers's grave Notable people
Anna Seghers
1900–1983
Writer whose work explores exile, persecution and resistance.
