Isreal Gran

Isreal Gran is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Isreal Gran is situated nearby to the church St.-Simeon-Kirche, as well as near the community center MehrGenerationenHaus Wassertor 48.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St.-Simeon-Kirche and Jewish Museum Berlin.

St.-Simeon-Kirche

Church

Photo: Bodo Kubrak, CC0.

St.-Simeon-Kirche is a church.

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 760 metres west of Isreal Gran.

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 1¼ km northwest of Isreal Gran.

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.

Mitte

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.

Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.

Isreal Gran

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Hier wohnte Israel Gran Jg. 1910 ‘Polenaktion’ 1938 KZ Gross-Rosen Aussenlager Riese ermordet 26.2.1945”
Category: historic site
Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.5005° or 52° 30′ 2″ north

Longitude

13.40626° or 13° 24′ 23″ east

Open location code

9F4MGC24+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13961891355

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include MehrGenerationenHaus Wassertor 48 and Sportamt.

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