Friedhof am Perlacher Forst, Historic cemetery in Munich, Germany

Friedhof am Perlacher Forst is a municipal cemetery on Stadelheimer Straße in Munich's Obergiesing district. Its flat grounds are laid out as a grid of rectangular plots, separated by pale, straight intersecting paths. Rows of dark green trees and low vegetation fill each plot, and a small domed structure with a greenish roof stands among the trees to the upper right.

Planned by city building officer Hermann Leitenstorfer, the cemetery opened for burials in 1931. In early July 1934, prisoners executed at the adjacent Stadelheim prison during the Röhm affair were buried here before being cremated secretly at the Ostfriedhof on 21 July 1934. The White Rose members Hans and Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst and Alexander Schmorell lie here, and in 1960 a burial area was laid out for 1,129 displaced persons from twelve nations, many former forced labourers reburied from other Munich cemeteries.

The cemetery houses memorial stones for forced laborers from multiple nations and sections honoring victims of the Dachau concentration camp. These spaces of remembrance allow visitors to engage with some of the darkest chapters of history.

The cemetery is easy to reach on foot and offers clear pathways where visitors can navigate without difficulty. Comfortable clothing and shade protection are advisable, as the grounds are quite open with limited shelter.

In the Displaced Persons burial area lie 1,129 dead from twelve nations, many of them former forced laborers; the site was laid out in 1960, when such graves were moved here from other Munich cemeteries. Munich sculptor Konstantin Frick created the memorial there that same year.