in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf. Family Reuter was a younger half brother of Otto Sigfrid Reuter, a völkisch-religious ideologue. Reuter was married in 1920, and he and his wife Lotte (Charlotte) had two children, Hella (1920–1983), and (Gerd Edzard) Harry (1921–1992) who became a British citizen and a professor of mathematics. Harry's son Timothy was a distinguished mediaeval historian. In 1927 Reuter divorced Charlotte and remarried. He and his second wife Hanna had one son, Edzard, who became the CEO of Daimler-Benz. Honours Ernst-Reuter-Plakette (Ernst Reuter Medal): the highest award by the City of Berlin was established by the Senate of Berlin for persons whose work benefited the city in 1954. Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft (Ernst Reuter Association): a group of alumni and friends of the Free University of Berlin that was founded in 1954. The Association names the winners of the annual "Ernst-Reuter-Preis" for excellent dissertations from the university and provideds "Ernst-Reuter-Stipends" for studies abroad. Former places where Reuter lived received memorial plaques: Hardenbergstraße 35 (Berlin-Charlottenburg), and Bülowstraße 33 (Berlin-Zehlendorf). Among the many places in Berlin that commemorate Reuter are: a major public square and subway station Ernst-Reuter-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn), a government building a school a youth hostel Other towns in Germany have streets or schools named after Ernst Reuter. The "Champion of Liberty" series issued by the United States Postal Service in 1959 honored Reuter with two stamps. Quote "Ihr Völker der Welt ... Schaut auf diese Stadt und erkennt, dass ihr diese Stadt und dieses Volk nicht preisgeben dürft, nicht preisgeben könnt!" (People of this world... look upon this city and see that you should not, cannot abandon this city and this people) —Reuter's speech from 9 September 1948 (German) Publications Ernst Reuter: Rationalisierung der Berliner Verkehrsbedienung. Verkehrstechnik (29 June 1928) 9; 26:437–439. Ernst Reuter: Die Gründung der Berliner Verkehrs-A.-G. Verkehrstechnik (14 December 1928) 9; 50: 917–919 Literature Willy Brandt, Richard Löwenthal: Ernst Reuter. Ein Leben für die Freiheit (Eine politische Biographie). München: Kindler Verlag, 1957 Klaus Harpprecht: Ernst Reuter. Ein Leben für die Freiheit (Eine Biographie in Bildern und Dokumenten). München: Kindler Verlag, 1957 Ernst Reuter. Schriften – Reden. Hg. v. Hans E. Hirschfeld und Hans J. Reichardt. Vorwort von Willy Brandt. Bd. 1–4. Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien 1972–1975. David E. Barclay: Schaut auf diese Stadt: Der unbekannte Ernst Reuter. Berlin: Siedler Verlag, 2000. Andreas Daum, Kennedy in Berlin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, . References External links