His traces have faded. There is no plaque remembering him on the house in Sechsschimmelgasse where he spent his childhood and youth. His ivy-covered villa in Döbling was demolished and a spacious apartment complex stands in its place. On his grave at the Grinzing cemetery, just a few coffin lengths away from Gustav Mahler’s, his family name Neumayer is written in capital letters. And even on the cozy Peter-Alexander-Platz in the 19th district, there is no statue in bronze or with chocolate molding that commemorates the most popular German-speaking entertainer of the post-war period. 15 years after his death, Peter Alexander has effectively disappeared from the public eye.
