page_title: Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
hierarchical_section_title: Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, Gedenkstätte ADN-ZB / Mittelstädt / 15.1.89 Berlin: Demonstration Mit einer Demonstration ehrten die Berliner das Vermächtnis von Karl Liebknecht und Rosa Luxemburg, die vor 70 Jahren ermordet worden waren. Die Ansprache in der Gedenkstätte der Sozialisten hielt das Mitglied des Politbüros und Sekretär des ZK der SED Joachim Herrmann. [Auf der Ehrentribüne v.l. u.a. Willi Stoph, Egon Krenz, Joachim Herrmann, Erich Honecker, Erich Mielke] Abgebildete Personen: Herrmann, Joachim: Chefredakteur der Zeitung Neues Deutschland, Sekretär des ZK der SED, DDR (GND 124676847) Honecker, Erich: Staatsratsvorsitzender, Generalsekretär des ZK der SED, DDR (GND 118553399) Mielke, Erich: Minister für Staatssicherheit, Armeegeneral, Politbüro des Zentralkomitees (ZK) der SED, DDR (GND 118977490) Stoph, Willi: Ministerpräsident, Staatsratsvorsitzender, Armeegeneral, SED, DDR (GND 118975714)
context_page_description: The Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery is a cemetery in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. When the cemetery was founded in 1881 it was called the Friedrichsfelde Municipal Cemetery Berlin. In 1919, with the burial of Wilhelm Liebknecht, founder of the Social Democratic Party, the cemetery became the resting place for many of the leaders and activists of Germany's social democratic, socialist and communist movements. In 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, co-founders of the Communist Party of Germany, were buried there. The division of Berlin following the Second World War caused the cemetery to be within the borders of East Berlin, where it was used to bury East German leaders, such as Walter Ulbricht and Wilhelm Pieck, the first President of the GDR.
  Architect and future Bauhaus director Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed in 1926 a 12 m wide and 6 m high red brick Monument to the Revolution which the national socialists destroyed in 1935. This was replaced in 1951 by the present memorial, the "Memorial to the Socialists".
context_section_description: The Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery (German: Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde) is a cemetery in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. When the cemetery was founded in 1881 it was called the Friedrichsfelde Municipal Cemetery Berlin (German: Berliner Gemeindefriedhof Friedrichsfelde).  In 1919, with the burial of Wilhelm Liebknecht, founder of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the cemetery became the resting place for many of the leaders and activists of Germany's social democratic, socialist and communist movements.  In 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, co-founders of the Communist Party of Germany, were buried there. The division of Berlin following the Second World War caused the cemetery to be within the borders of East Berlin, where it was used to bury East German (GDR) leaders, such as Walter Ulbricht and Wilhelm Pieck, the first President of the GDR. 
  Architect and future Bauhaus director Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed in 1926 a 12 m (39 ft) wide and 6 m (20 ft) high red brick Monument to the Revolution which the national socialists destroyed in 1935. This was replaced in 1951 by the present memorial, the "Memorial to the Socialists" (German: Gedenkstätte der Sozialisten). This consists of a central porphyry stele or obelisk with the words Die Toten mahnen uns (The dead remind us) surrounded by a semi-circular wall into which are set gravestones and urns. Surrounding the central stone are 10 graves commemorating foremost socialist leaders, namely: Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Ernst Thälmann, Wilhelm Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Franz Mehring, John Schehr, Rudolf Breitscheid, Franz Künstler (politician), and Otto Grotewohl.
  On one part of the surrounding wall is a set of large tablets recording the names of 327 men and women who gave their lives in the cause of fighting Fascism between 1933 and 1945. Included in the list are Hans Coppi, Hilde Coppi, Heinrich Koenen, Arvid Harnack, Harro Schulze-Boysen, John Sieg, and Ilse Stöbe.
caption: Speech at a memorial commemorating Rosa Luxemburg, with Honecker, Mielke, and other high-ranking GDR leaders, January 1989
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