Lochamay Hageta’ot

The Ghetto Fighters' House is a Holocaust museum founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot. It is located in the Western Galilee, Israel, on the Coastal Highway between and .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum commemorating the Holocaust and Jewish heroism
  • Also known as: “Ghetto Fighters‘ House”, “Ghetto Fighters’ House”, “Ghetto Fighters‘ House Museum”, and “Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and Mansion of Bahjí.

Bahá’í temple
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The Mansion of Bahjí is a summer house in where Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, died in 1892. He was buried in an adjacent house, which became the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, a place of pilgrimage and the Baháʼí Qiblih. is situated 2 km south of Lochamay Hageta’ot.

Historic building
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The is a summer house in where Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, died in 1892. He was buried in an adjacent house, which became the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, a place of pilgrimage and the Baháʼí Qiblih. is situated 2 km south of Lochamay Hageta’ot.

Railway station
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railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of and the surrounding towns and villages. is situated 4 km south of Lochamay Hageta’ot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kibbutz Lohame Hageta’ot and Shomrat.

Village
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Nahariyya is a small city with a population of 50,000 in the in the north of .

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 727.

Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 1,085.

Lochamay Hageta’ot

Latitude
32.96062° or 32° 57′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.09542° or 35° 5′ 44″ east
Open location code
8G4QX36W+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2065159634
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q260983
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“Lochamay Hageta’ot” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Haus vo de Ghettokämpfa”
  • Catalan: “Casa dels Lluitadors del Gueto”
  • Chinese: “隔都战士厅”
  • Chinese: “隔都戰士廳”
  • Dutch: “Huis van de Gettovechters”
  • French: “maison des combattants du ghetto”
  • French: “Maison des combattants du ghetto”
  • German: “Ghetto Fighters’ House”
  • German: “Haus der Ghettokämpfer”
  • German: “Museum Haus der Ghettokämpfer”
  • Greek: “Οίκος των Μαχητών των Γκέτο”
  • Hebrew: “בית לוחמי הגטאות”
  • Hebrew: “לוחמי הגטאות”
  • Italian: “Casa dei combattenti del ghetto”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghettokjempernes hus”
  • Norwegian: “Ghettokjempernes hus”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Bojowników Getta”
  • Russian: “Бейт Лохамей ха-геттаот”
  • Spanish: “Casa de los Luchadores del Gueto”
  • Ukrainian: “Дім бійців гетто”
  • Ukrainian: “Дім борців гетто”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Roman Aquaeduct and Shomrat Cemetery.

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