Berlin-Neukölln, St.-Thomas-Friedhof

The Protestant St. Thomas Cemetery was laid out in 1865 as an Alleequartiersfriedhof; the new section opposite followed in 1872. The cemetery chapel dates back to 1870. An exhibition near the entrance in the former flower pavilion shows the life and work of almost 100 forced laborers in Berlin's cemeteries during the National Socialist tyranny. Last but not least, they had to rebury the body parts scattered in the cemeteries as a result of bombing. There is a memorial in the former barracks of the forced laborers at the nearby Cemetery V of the Jerusalems and Neue Kirchengemeinde. A memorial service is held in memory of the forced laborers on Remembrance DayThomas cemetery, in addition to a burial ground of the Alevi community, there are also several graves of honor of the state of Berlin in the old part of the cemetery: - Reinhold Franz "Krücke" Habisch (1889-1964), Berlin original and nationally known for his participation in the six-day races and for whistling the "Sportpalastwalzer" there - Wilhelm Wagner (1838-1923), politician and city elder - Robert Zelle (1829-1901), politician and Lord Mayor of Berlin (1892-1898) The cemetery contains almost 2.000 individual graves of victims of the two world wars, including more than 100 from the First World War; there are also three collective graves with a total area of 40 m². (Martin Bayer, 20.04.2020)