Berlin's second Jewish cemetery opened in 1827 and hosts some 25,000 dearly departed, including the artist Max Liebermann and the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. It's a pretty place with dappled light filtering through big old chestnuts and linden trees and a sense of melancholy emanating from ivy-draped graves and toppled tombstones. The nicest and oldest have been moved to the Lapidarium by the main entrance.
Liebermann’s tomb is next to his family’s crypt, roughly in the center along the back wall. Men must cover their heads upon entering the cemetery; pick up a free skullcap by the entrance.
