Find A Grave - Zurich

Beriosova, Svetlana b. September 24, 1932 d. November 10, 1998
Noted Ballerina. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1932, her family emigrated to the USA in 1940 where she was trained by her father who was a ballet dancer. She joined the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo in 1947. Moved to England and joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company in 1950. She was appointed prima ballerina in 1955. Repertoire included: Trumpet Concert, The Prince of the Pagodas, Antigone, Perséphone, Ondine, Baiser de la fée, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Coppelia, Sylvia and...[Read More]
Friedhof Enzenbühl, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Plot: Grave No. 4192
Buchner, Georg b. October 17, 1813 d. February 19, 1837
Playwright. Although he died at the age of 23, leaving only three plays and an unfinished novella, his influence has vastly execeeded his slender output. He has been hailed as a forerunner of such literary movements as Naturalism, Metaphysical Symbolism, Expressionism, the Epic Theatre of Bertolt Brecht, and the Theatre of the Absurd, and his ideas and original style were so far ahead of their time that it was nearly a century after his death before his full stature was recognized...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Buchner Private Plot - Rigiblick, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Canetti, Elias b. July 25, 1905 d. August 14, 1994
German novelist, essayist, sociologist and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. He was born in Russe, Bulgaria. He spoke several languages, including Bulgarian, German, Spanish and English. He worked as a translator, he was the German translator of Upton Sinclair's works. From 1916 he studied in Zurich, and produced his first literary work, a verse play, "Junius Brutus". After that his novel about the human madness, "Die Blendungen" was published. He wrote also essays...[Read More] (Bio by: Apats)
Fluntern Cemetery, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Courvoisier, Sibylle b. 1943 d. August 7, 2003
Actress. She appeared in the movies, "Der Mikado" (1984), "Der Dieb der nicht zu Schaden kam" (1984), and a episode of the TV-Series "Eurocops" (1994). From the 1970s until 2002 she was part of the ensemble of the theatre in Zurich.
Friedhof Rehalp, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Dunant, Henry b. May 8, 1828 d. October 30, 1910
Social Reformer. Born Jean Henri Dunant in Geneva, Switzerland, he became a successful Swiss businessman and social activist who eventually died a pauper. In 1859 while on a business trip he saw the chaos and despair of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy and documented his thoughts in his book "Un Souvenir de Solférino" (A Memory of Solferino). The book was composed of three parts: the battle; the battlefield after the fighting and its chaotic disorder, despair and misery and efforts to...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Einstein, Mileva b. December 19, 1875 d. August 4, 1948
Serbian Mathematician. She was born to wealthy Serbian parents in Titel, Voyvodina which at that time was under the rule of the Austro-Hungary Empire but today is part of Serbia. Mileva Maric was a brilliant student from her first day in primary school where at age seven was reading, doing math while fluent in Serbian and German. Her father seeing this potential but hampered by Empire rules against high school education for girls, persisted and gained dispensation which allowed her to attend an...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Nordheim Cemetery, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Plot: Unmarked grave
Giehse, Therese b. March 6, 1898 d. March 3, 1975
Actress. Born as Therese Gift as daughter of Jewish parents, she began her career in 1920, together with Erika and Thomas Mann, foundress of the Munich cabaret "Die Pfeffermühle." She migrated to Zurich-Switzerland in 1933 to escape the Nazi-regime. Fondly remembered as 'Mutter Courage' in Bertolt Brecht's stage play "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" (1941 premiere). She died in 1975 just 3 days before her 77th birthday. (Bio by: The Romancer)
Fluntern Cemetery, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Glauser, Friedrich b. February 4, 1896 d. December 8, 1938
Author. Born in Vienna, he was noted for his crime novels, all of which were written during the last six years of his life. They include "In Matto's Realm", "Fever", "Thumbprint", and "Morfium". He died after years of morphine and opium addiction. Germany's most prestigious award for crime fiction is called the Glauber Prize in his honor. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Friedhof Manegg, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Joyce, James b. February 2, 1882 d. January 13, 1941
Irish Novelist and Poet. Generally considered one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century, James Joyce was one of the first authors to challenge the traditional concept of what a novel could be, alienating most of his contemporaries while earning a reputation that endures in literary scholarship. He was educated at Jesuit schools, including University College, Dublin. Joyce's first publication was an essay on Ibsen, printed in "Fortnightly Review" in 1900 while he was still a...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Fluntern Cemetery, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Jung, Carl b. July 26, 1875 d. June 6, 1961
Carl Gustav Jung was the son of a philologist and pastor. He received an M.D. in 1902 from the University of Zurich. He began work as an Assistant Staff Physician at the Burgholzli Mental Clinic in Zurich in 1902. He served as a Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Zurich and worked closely with Sigmund Freud until their break in 1913. He became on of the most influential Psychiatrists of the 20th century. His ground breaking work introduced the concepts of introversion, extroversion...[Read More]
Protestant Church Graveyard, Kusnacht, Zurich, Switzerland
Keller, Gottfried b. July 19, 1819 d. July 15, 1890
Author. A leading Swiss writer of the 19th Century. His most famous novel, "The Green Henry" (1855), was based on his own frustrated ambition to become a painter. Keller is also noted for his short stories, written in a vivid, realistic style. (Bio by: Pirmin Trepte)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Klemperer, Otto b. May 14, 1885 d. July 6, 1973
German Composer, Conductor. Father of actor Werner Klemperer.
Israelitischen Friedhof (Friesenberg), Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Lavater, J. C. (Johann Caspar) b. 1741 d. 1801
Scientist. Served as a preacher and was a friend of Goethe.
Saint Peter's Church, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Legge, Walter b. June 1, 1906 d. March 22, 1979
Record Producer. Over a span of around 40 years, he gave the world a large catalog of classical recordings, many of which remain best-sellers. Raised in London, he did well in school, but quit at 16; after teaching himself to read music, and German, he was hired by HMV (later called EMI) in 1927 to write liner notes, and articles for the company's monthly magazine. During the 1930s, he was music critic for "The Manchester Guardian", and took-on progressively larger responsibility at HMV. Legge...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Zumikon Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mann, Erika b. November 9, 1905 d. August 27, 1969
Actress, Author. The oldest daughter of famed author Thomas Mann, she became a "thorn in the side" of the Third Reich with her activities. She was born in Munich, Germany where her and her brother, Klaus Mann, had a successful career in the theater including the opening of the cabaret show Die Pfeffermühle (The Peppermill). The show was anti-Fascist and in 1933 she was forced to leave Germany. She escaped to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Mann, Thomas b. June 6, 1875 d. August 12, 1955
Essayist, critic, and novelist. Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. When his father died in 1891 the family moved to Munich. Mann was educated at the Lübeck gymnasium and he also spent some time at the University of Munich. His career as a writer started in the magazine "Simplicissimus." His first book was published in 1898. During these years Mann became immersed in the writings of the philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche as well as in the music of composer...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Polgar, Alfred b. October 17, 1873 d. April 24, 1955
Author, Journalist. He was born in Wien, Austria. He began his career as journalist for the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung. When the nazis raised to power, he fleed Germany to Prague and later to United States. Here, he worked for the MGM. He is remembered for his books "Kleine Zeit," "Max Pallenberg," "Kleine Schriften," "Der Unsterbliche Kaspar," "Die Defraudanten," "Geschichten ohne Moral," "Die lila Wiese" and "Taschenspiegel," among many others. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Plot: Group L. Grave 83.144
Salten, Felix b. September 6, 1869 d. October 8, 1945
Author. He was born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest, Hungary. He is remembered for his book "Bambi, A Life in the Woods." He also wrote "Bambi's Children," "Perri," "A Forest World," "Fifteen Rabbits," "Renni the Rescuer" and "Florian, the Emperor's Stallion." He was the author of erotic novel "Josefine Mutzenbacher." He died in Zurich, Switzerland. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Israelitischen Friedhof (Friesenberg), Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
Schenkel, Martin b. April 25, 1968 d. March 27, 2003
Swiss Actor. He appeared in the films, "Big Deal" (2002), "Im Namen Der Gerechtigkeit" (2001), and " F. Est Un Salaud" (1998). He also sppeared in the television shows, "Fascht E Famille" (1994-1995), as 'Flip' and "Luthi Und Blanc" (1999-2003). (Bio by: K)
Cause of death: Brain tumor
Ritterhauskapelle (Knight-house-chapel), Stafa, Zurich, Switzerland
Schmidt, Joseph b. March 4, 1904 d. November 16, 1942
Operatic tenor. Schmidt was born in Davideny, Buchavina, Rumania, to a farming family. From a very young age he sang in his Shul choir and he displayed a natural talent for singing. He was keen to pursue a musical career, but sympathetic as his mother was to his ideas, so was his father against it. During the First World War he moved with his parents to Czernowitz where, at the age of 20, Joseph gave his first public performance as a concert singer. His uncle, Leo Engel, a crafty manager, took...[Read More] (Bio by: tkejumbo)
Friezenberg Cemetery, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland

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