Hilbert's funeral was attended by fewer than a dozen people, only two of whom were fellow academics, among them Arnold Sommerfeld, a theoretical physicist and also a native of Königsberg.
Ao funeral de Hilbert asistiron só unha ducia de persoas, das cales só dúas eran colegas académicos, entre eles Arnold Sommerfeld, un físico teórico tamén nativo de Königsberg.