An Ehrengrab is a distinction granted by certain German, Swiss and Austrian cities to some of their citizens for extraordinary services or achievements in their lifetimes. If there are no descendants or institutions to care for the gravesites, the communities or cities will take responsibility for the graves and for financing their care.
Sign, Zentralfriedhof in Vienna
A stone tablet Ehrengrab marker in Berlin
The German Democratic Republic's Memorial to the Socialists at Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Valeska Gert was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist.
Valeska Gert, Munich, 1918
Grave of Honour by the city of Berlin