Wolfgang Herrndorf Cross Memorial in Berlin, Germany

On the bank of the Spandau Shipping Canal near Plötzensee stands a simple metal cross. On the back it reads W.H. 1965–2013. Not a place for a car accident, a bicycle crash, or perhaps a drowning? All wrong. This is the place where the painter and writer Wolfgang Herrndorf ended his life in August 2013. Suicides are sad, but not uncommon in the urban jungle. Yet behind this one lies a special story: Herrndorf was a late bloomer as an author and had published hardly any literature until 2010, at the age of 45. He was a multi-talented artist – author, painter, illustrator, and caricaturist. His 2

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