Ellen Benas

Ellen Benas is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Ellen Benas is situated nearby to the health club Stromtown, as well as near the art gallery Art.Salon.

Type: Memorial
Also known as: “Ellen Benas geb. Rothschild”
Inscription: “Hier wohnte Ellen Benas geb. Rothschild Jg. 1872 deportiert 3.10.1942 Theresienstadt ermordet 21.9.1943”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fasanenplatz and Water stele.

Fasanenplatz

Square

Photo: Fridolin freudenfett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fasanenplatz is a square, which is situated 120 metres northeast of Ellen Benas.

Water stele

Fountain

Photo: Eisenacher, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Water stele is a fountain, which is situated 110 metres northeast of Ellen Benas.

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Theater building

Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Haus der Berliner Festspiele is a theater in Berlin. It was opened on 1 May 1963 as the "Theater der Freien Volksbühne". Previously, the West Berlin part of the former Volksbühne Berlin, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, which was founded in 1948, had used the Theater am Kurfürstendamm as its venue from 1949 to 1963. Haus der Berliner Festspiele is situated 210 metres east of Ellen Benas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City West and Kielgan-Viertel.

City West

Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City West is the heart of former West Berlin and even after reunification it represents the main retail centre of Berlin — all the best and most expensive shops are here.