page_title: Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Grabstein für Ernst Ruska und Helmut Ruska auf dem Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin-Zehlendorf English: Grave of Ernst Ruska and Helmut Ruska in Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin
context_page_description: Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf is a cemetery located in Berlin's Nikolassee district. The cemetery occupies an area of 376,975 m². An additional Italian war cemetery was created there in 1953. A number of notable people of Berlin are buried at the cemetery; some have a grave of honor. In particular, all of Berlin's deceased post-war mayors are buried here.
context_section_description: Many Berlin celebrities are buried on the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf. 43 (as of 2002) have an Ehrengrab, cared for by the Berlin Senate (marked by * in the following list), including Willy Brandt, Mayor of Berlin and Bundeskanzler, and ballet dancer and choreographer Tatjana Gsovsky.
  Hans Beirer (1911–1993), Kammersänger
  Gerhard Bienert (1898–1986), actor
  Günther Birkenfeld (1901–1966), writer
  Boris Blacher* (1903–1975), composer
  Peter Bloch (1900–1984), politician
  Peter Bloch jr. (1925–1994), art historian and academic teacher
  Jan Bontjes van Beek (1899–1969), ceramic artist
  Rut Brandt (1920–2006), author, married to Willy Brandt
  Willy Brandt* (1913–1992), politician, Mayor of Berlin, Bundeskanzler
  Herwig Friedag (1921–2012), journalist
  Fritz Eberhard (1896–1982), publicist, politician
  Hendrikje Fitz (1961-2016), actress
  Peter Fitz (1931-2013), stage and film actor
  Götz Friedrich (1930–2000), opera and theatre director.
  Ekkehard Fritsch (1922–1987), actor
  Ernst Fritsch (1892–1965), painter
  Fritz Genschow (1905–1977), actor
  Tatjana Gsovsky* (1901–1993), ballet dancer
  Ina Halley (1927-1992), actress
  Edith Hancke (1928-2015), stage, film and television actress
  Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959), actor and writer
  Paula von Hanstein (1883-1966), writer
  Karl Hartung (1908–1967), sculptor
  Hermann Henselmann (1905–1995), architect
  Karl-Josef Hering (1929–1998) Kammersänger and actor
  Martin Held* (1908–1992), actor
  Martin Hirthe (1921–1981), actor
  Wolfgang Holst (1922–2010), president of Hertha BSC
  Helmut Käutner* (1908–1980), stage director
  Jakob Kaiser* (1888–1961), Federal Minister
  Gustav Klingelhöfer* (1888–1961), politician
  Hildegard Knef* (1925–2002), actress
  Hermine Körner (1878–1960), actress
  Gerhard Lamprecht (1897-1974), director and screenwriter
  Léo Lania (1896–1961), journalist, playwright and screenwriter
  Annedore Leber* (1904–1968), publicist
  Julius Leber* (1891–1945), resistance fighter
  Ernst Lemmer* (1898–1970), Federal Minister
  Eva Lissa (1913–1988), actress
  Paul Löbe* (1875–1967), President of the Reichstag
  Heinrich Lummer (1932-2019), politician
  Gerd Martienzen* (1918–1988), actor
  Christiane Maybach (1932–2006), film and television actress
  Klaus Miedel (1915–2000), actor
  Wolfgang Menge (1924–2012), writer and journalist
  Wolfgang Müller (1922–1960), actor
  Wolfgang Neuss (1923–1989), actor
  Bruno Paul* (1874–1968), architect
  Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), actor
  Erwin Piscator* (1893–1966), stage director
  Gerhart Pohl* (1902–1966), writer
  Ernst Reuter* (1889–1953), Mayor of Berlin
  Ernst Ruska (1906–1988), engineer
  Helmut Ruska (1908–1973), physician
  Ulrich Schamoni (1939–1998), stage director
  Hans Scharoun* (1893–1972), architect
  Clemens Schmalstich (1880–1960), composer and conductor
  Wolfdietrich Schnurre* (1920–1989), writer and illustrator
  Bubi Scholz (1930–2000), boxer (moved to Friedhof Heerstraße)
  Richard Schubert* (1877–1955), resistance fighter
  Klaus Schütz* (1926-2012), politician, Mayor of Berlin
  Peter Seum (1949–1998) actor
  Ruth Stephan (1925–1975), actress
  Heinz Striek (1918–2011), politician
  Otto Suhr* (1894–1957), politician, Mayor of Berlin
  Heinz Trökes (1913–1997), painter
  Wilhelm Weise (1936–2012), physician, director of the Robert Koch-Institut
  Wolfgang Zeller (1893–1967), composer
caption: Ernst Ruska & Helmut Ruska
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