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Famous Berliners
Marlene Dietrich
The famous filmstar (1901-
92), born in Schöneberg, began
her career in Berlin in the 1920s.
Her breakthrough came with
the film The Blue Angel (1931).
She lies buried in the Friedenau
cemetery in Steglitz. Her person-
al possessions are exhibited in
the Filmmuseum Berlin in the
Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz.
Bertolt Brecht
Born in Augsburg, Bavaria,
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) wrote
some of his greatest works,
Albert Einstein
In 1914, the physicist Albert
Einstein (1879-1955) became the
director of the Kaiser Wilhelm-
Institute for Physics. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Physics in 1921 for his Theory of
Relativity, first developed in
1905. Einstein mostly lived and
worked in Potsdam, but stayed
closely connected with Berlin
through his lectures and teaching
activity. In 1933 Einstein, who
was Jewish, had to emigrate
from Germany to the USA where
he stayed until his death.
Brecht's study
such as the Threepenny Opera,
in a small apartment in Charlot-
tenburg. In the Third Reich, the
playwright emigrated to the US,
but he returned to Germany after
World War II and founded the
Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin
in 1949. Until his death, Brecht
lived in Chausseestraße in Berlin-
Mitte, with his wife, Helene
Weigel. His renovated apartment
has been turned into a museum.
Herbert von Karajan
This famous Austrian con-
ductor (1908-1989) was head of
the Berlin Philharmonic Orches-
tra from 1954 until 1989. During
this time he helped create the
orchestra's unique sound, which
remains legendary until this day.
Herbert von Karajan was both
revered and feared by his musi-
cians because of his genius and
his fiery temperament. Berliners
still refer to the Philharmonie as
“Circus Karajani .
Albert Einstein taught in Berlin
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