Find A Grave - Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery

Becher, Johannes R. b. 1891 d. 1958
Writer and poet, Culture minister for East Germany 1954-58. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Beuth, Wilhelm b. 1781 d. 1853
'The Father of Prussian Industry'. Founded the Technical Trade School in 1821, ancestor of the Berlin Technical University. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Beyer, Frank b. 1932 d. October 1, 2006
Film Director. Born in Nobitz Germany, he was East Germany's most renowned filmmaker, noted for his Holocaust dramas. He is best known for his Warsaw Ghetto drama "Jacob the Liar" (1975). The only East German film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, it was remade in 1999, starring Robin Williams. His other films include "Two Mothers" (1957), "Naked Among Wolves" (1963) and "Traces of Stones" (1965), which was banned in theatres for its critical look at living and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Boeckh, Auguste b. 1785 d. 1867
Historian of the ancient world and a founder of modern classical philology. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich b. February 4, 1906 d. April 9, 1945
Memorial only. Lutheran priest and theologian, active anti-Nazi. Arrested 1943 and died in Flossenburg concentration camp. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Brecht, Bertolt b. February 10, 1898 d. August 14, 1956
Playwright.
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Brugsch, Theodor b. 1878 d. 1963
Medical professor,researcher into metabolism and circulation, took part in reopening of Berlin University after 1945. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Cantian, Gottlob Christian b. 1794 d. 1866
Architect of many Berlin buildings. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dessau, Paul b. 1894 d. 1979
Composer,frequent collaborator with Brecht (e.g. 'Mother Courage'. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dieckmann, Johann b. 1893 d. 1969
East German politician, First President of the DDR Parliament. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Eisler, Hanns b. July 6, 1898 d. September 6, 1962
Composer. Born in Leipzig, Germany, he was raised in Vienna and studied music privately with Arnold Schoenberg, whose 12-tone composing method he adopted in his early works. Later he developed his own unique idiom, which blended traditional tonality with biting harmonies and made frequent use of cabaret-style jazz. In Berlin in the late 1920s Eisler was attracted by left-wing ideals and applied for (but...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Engel, Eric b. 1891 d. 1966
Stage director associated with Brecht (first productions of 'Mother Courage', 'The Threepenny Opera'). Also film director. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Engel, Erich b. February 14, 1891 d. May 10, 1966
German Film and Stage Director. He directed almost 40 films in Austria and Germany, starting in the silent era and ending in 1955. His films include Pygmalian (1935) and Hotel Sacher (1939). He also produced the stage premiere of Bertold Brecht's Dreigroschenoper. (Bio by: Rudi Polt)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb b. 1762 d. 1814
German Philosopher. Considered the founder of Idealism and the heir of the Kantian philosophy. After studying theology at the universities of Jena, Leipzig and Zurich, he taught philosophy as a private tutor. The reading of the "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" was the driving force of his interest for the Kantian thought. In 1794, he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at the University of Jena, but in 1798 decided to temporarily leave teaching and devote himself to meditation. During those years...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Gans, Eduard b. 1797 d. 1839
With Zunz and Geiger (qqv), one of the founders of the 'Culturverein' for the secular study of Judaism. However in his case this lea to conversion to Christianity, casuing him to be execrated by, amongst others, the poet Heinrich Heine. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Gaus, Günter b. November 23, 1929 d. May 14, 2004
Journalist, German Statesman. He was the first West German Mission Chief to the German Democratic Republic in East Berlin. An acclaimed German journalist who, as senior editor of the widely read newsmagazine "der Spiegel" from 1969 to 1973, supported Chancelor Willy Brandt's new "Ostpolitik," or policy of "detante." He was subsequently appointed Undersecretary of State to the Chancelor in 1973 and then mission chief to the German Democratic Republic (1974 to 1981) where he negotiated 17...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Geschonneck, Erwin b. December 27, 1906 d. March 12, 2008
Actor. He joined Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1919 and had to flee after the Nazi takeover. The Soviet Union expelled him in 1938 and he moved to Prague, where he was arrested in 1939. He survived the Concentration Camps of Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Neuengamme and the RAF sinking of the ship "Cap Arcona". After the war Geschonneck acted in theaters in Hamburg and from 1949 was a member of Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble. He appeared in over 70 movies and TV series including "Jakob...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Plot: near Brecht
Gosch, Jürgen b. September 9, 1943 d. June 11, 2009
Director. After studying at the Ernst Busch school of drama in East Berlin he became director of the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. His production of Büchner's "Leonce und Lena" was banned on political grounds resulting in his move to West Germany in 1978. There he held positions at various West German theaters including Hanover, Bremen, Hamburg, Bochum and Berlin. His version of Gorki's "Sommergästen" (Summer Guests) in Düsseldorf was recognized by Theatermagazin's "Theater heute" when it...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Heartfield, John b. June 19, 1891 d. April 26, 1968
Photographer, inventor of photo-montage which he often used for satirical purposes. (Bio by: David Conway)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hegel, Georg b. August 17, 1770 d. November 14, 1831
German Philosopher. Born Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, he is considered with Fichte and Schelling, the founder of Idealism. Thereafter his dialectic thought evolved towards more rationalist ideas and less romanticiste. His theories have influenced many contemporary philosophers, including Marx, Feuerbach and Sartre, and drew criticism from schools of thought represented by Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. He graduated from the University of Tubingen, he taught between 1808...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerder Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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