Abraham Schäfer
Abraham Schäfer is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Abraham Schäfer is situated nearby to the post office Deutsche Post, as well as near the government office Embassy of Kenya.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Wall Museum.
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 280 metres west of Abraham Schäfer.
Wall Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wall Museum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie is a private museum in Berlin. It is named after the famous crossing point through the Berlin Wall, and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world". Wall Museum is situated 260 metres west of Abraham Schäfer.
Jewish Museum Berlin
Museum
Photo: Slimark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 560 metres south of Abraham Schäfer.
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.
Dorotheenstadt
Quarter
Dorotheenstadt is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central Berlin, Germany, which forms part of the locality of Mitte within the borough also called Mitte.
Abraham Schäfer
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Hier wohnte Abraham Schäfer Jg. 1883 ‘Schutzhaft’ 1938 Sachsenhausen Flucht 1939 Shanghai”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.50729° or 52° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
13.39447° or 13° 23′ 40″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG94V+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13951557641OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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