German Waldheim Cemetery

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cemetery historic burial ground

German Waldheim Cemetery was a historic burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known especially for serving Chicago’s German-American community and for being the original resting place of the Haymarket affair anarchists.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Waldheim Cemetery 4
German Waldheim Cemetery section 1
Waldheim Cemetery (historical name) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic burial ground ⓘ
associatedEvent Haymarket affair ⓘ
associatedIdeology anarchism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
associatedMovement anarchism ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage German-American history in Chicago ⓘ
currentNameOfSite Forest Home Cemetery ⓘ
currentUse part of Forest Home Cemetery grounds ⓘ
ethnicAssociation German-American ⓘ
function burial ground ⓘ
hasBurial Adolph Fischer ⓘ
Albert Parsons ⓘ
August Spies ⓘ
George Engel ⓘ
Louis Lingg ⓘ
Michael Schwab ⓘ
Oscar Neebe ⓘ
other Haymarket affair defendants ⓘ
hasFeature graves of political radicals ⓘ
monuments related to labor movement ⓘ
hasMonument Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
surface form: Haymarket Martyrs Monument
hasSuccessor Forest Home Cemetery ⓘ
heritageDesignationScope Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
surface form: site of Haymarket Martyrs Monument
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
historicalUse cemetery for German-speaking immigrants ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
mergedInto Forest Home Cemetery ⓘ
notableFor association with the Haymarket affair ⓘ
burials of labor activists ⓘ
original resting place of Haymarket affair anarchists ⓘ
partOf network of ethnic cemeteries around Chicago ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfFounders German ⓘ
recognizedBy National Historic Landmark designation for Haymarket Martyrs Monument ⓘ
regionServed Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Forest Park ⓘ
religiousAffiliation non-sectarian ⓘ
servesCommunity German-American community of Chicago ⓘ
status historic ⓘ
usedFor burials of immigrants ⓘ
burials of working-class residents ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forest Home Cemetery → alsoKnownAs → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery
Adolph Fischer → burialPlace → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery
August Spies → burialPlace → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
Emma Goldman → burialPlace → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
Louis Lingg → burialPlace → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery
Forest Park, Illinois → cemeteryLocatedIn → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery
Forest Park, Illinois → cemeteryLocatedIn → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery (historical name)
Forest Home Cemetery → hasPart → German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Waldheim Cemetery section