Martha Scharff

Martha Scharff is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Martha Scharff is situated nearby to the metro station Prinzenstraße, as well as near the pitch Skatepark Böcklerpark.

Type: Memorial
Also known as: “Martha Scharff geb. Schwarz”
Inscription: “Hier wohnte Martha Scharff geb. Schwarz Jg. 1883 deportiert 1.7.1943 Theresienstadt ermordet in Auschwitz”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prinzenstraße and Jewish Museum Berlin.

Prinzenstraße

Metro station

Photo: Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Prinzenstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station on lines U1 and U3.

The Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography. Jewish Museum Berlin is situated 1 km northwest of Martha Scharff.

Checkpoint Charlie

Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 1½ km northwest of Martha Scharff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.

Friedrichstadt

Quarter

Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.

Friedrichswerder

Neighborhood

Friedrichswerder is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. It is identical to the town of Friedrichswerder, founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.