Axel Springer

Axel Springer

male, deceased (1985)
German mass media owner student movement bild Newspaper publisher of the 20th century West Berlin Mass media owner
Axel Springer, was a German journalist and the founder and owner of the Axel Springer AG publishing company. Springer was born as Axel Cäsar S... More
Ernst Reuter

Ernst Reuter

male, deceased (1953)
German Cold War Mayor of Berlin politician West Berlin Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter
Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (July 29 1889-September 29 1953) was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the time of the Cold War.
Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard von Weizsäcker

male, 88 years old
President of Germany 1984 – 1994 6th president of Federal Rep. of Germany 10th President of Germany German Christian Democrat politician President of Germany German President … West Berlin
Dr. Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker is a German politician (CDU). He was President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. He was born in Stuttgart as the s... More
Robert Havemann

Robert Havemann

male, deceased (1982)
German Chemist communist prison research house arrest … West Berlin
Robert Havemann was a chemist, communist and an East German dissident. He studied chemistry in Berlin and Munich from 1929 to 1933, and then later... More
Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld

male, 49 years old
Einstürzende Neubauten member Rock guitarist musician dna West Berlin Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Blixa Bargeld, born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany, is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and... More
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

female, 46 years old
first-person narrative teenaged news magazine Stern magazine English-speaking Berlin-Zoologischer Garten station … West Berlin
Christiane F. (full name: "Vera Christiane Felscherinow"), was born in Hamburg on May 20, 1962. Her family moved to West Berlin when she was a... More
Farin Urlaub

Farin Urlaub

male, 45 years old
musician guitarist singer German vocalist West Berlin
Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub (like German "Fahr in Urlaub!" ("Go on holiday!"), after his love of travelling) was born on... More
Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy

male, deceased (1989)
German german reunification berlin wall East Berlin West Berlin NVA
Chris Gueffroy was the last person to die while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall. Together with his friend Christian Gaudian, Gueffroy... More
Rainer Eppelmann

Rainer Eppelmann

male, 65 years old
Protestant German cdu cia nsdap concentration camp … West Berlin
Rainer Eppelmann (born February 12, 1943 in Berlin), is a German politician. He's known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic and is... More
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

male, 35 years old
Alumni of New College, Oxford academy award winner graf From Cologne Roman Catholic Das Leben der Anderen … West Berlin
Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (b. May 2 1973, Cologne) is an Academy Award-winning Austrian-German director and... More