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Scenes
   Alma in Wiener Neustadt (2015)
   Alma in Wiener Neustadt (2014)
   Alma in Prague (2011)
   Alma in Vienna (2010)
   Alma in Jerusalem (2009)
   Alma in Vienna (2009)
   Alma in Vienna (2008)
   Alma on Semmering (2007)
   Alma in Berlin (2006)
   Alma in Petronell (2005)
   Alma in Los Angeles (2004)
   Alma in Lisbon (2003)
   Alma in Venice (2002)
   Alma in Vienna (1996-2001)
 

Location - Panorama
   Locations 1996-2015
   2014-2015 Wiener Neustadt
   2013 Vienna
   2011 Prague
   2009 Jerusalem
   2008-2012 Vienna
   2007 Semmering
   2006 Berlin
   2005 Petronell
   2004 Los Angeles
   2003 Lisbon
   2002 Venice
   1996-2001 Purkersdorf

 
Venues
   Martinický Palác (Prague)
   The Russian Compound (Jerusalem)
   k.k. Post- und Telegrafenamt (Vienna)
   Kurhaus Semmering (Semmering)
   Crown Prince's Palace (Berlin)
   Castle Petronell (Petronell)
   Los Angeles Theatre (Los Angeles)
   Convento dos Inglesinhos (Lisbon)
   Palazzo Zenobio (Venice)
   Sanatorium Purkersdorf (Vienna)
 
 
Abstandhalter  

Underground Prisoners Museum Jerusalem
The Russian Compound (Migrash Harusim)
1 Misheol Hagvurah Street
Off Safra Square, above Shivtei Israel St

›› how to get there

The venue is located in the Russian Compound (Migrash Harussim) next to the Municipality Complex in downtown Jerusalem. Free car parking is available in the parking lot behind the Russian Orthodox church.

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The utility yard of the prison
 
The entrance gate

The building was built in 1858, and served as a Russian pilgrims’ hospice
for women. During the British mandate in Palestine (1918-1948), the building
was used as the central prison. Apart from criminal prisoners, hundreds of
Jewish underground fighters were imprisoned there, members of Haganah, Irgun
and Lechi (the Stern Group).

Migrash Harusim
 
Air view of the prison complex
 
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The exercise yard
 
The historical plate of the prison gate
     
The life of pilgrims in the temporary buildings of Impeial Orthodox Palestinian Society
 
The life of pilgrims in the temporary buildings of
Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society
 
Women's Hostel utility yard
 
Women's Hostel utility yard
 
The room for women pilgrims in the Mariinsky town church
 
The room for women pilgrims in the Mariinsky town church
 
Washing of the clothes in a courtyard of the Mariinsky town church
 
Washing of the clothes in a courtyard of the Mariinsky town church
 
Arrival at Jerusalem Station of a train carrying pilgrims from Jaffa (the Jaffa – Jerusalem railway line was opened on 15 August 1892) 25Woman's Hostel
 
Russian Compound with the woman's hostel in the foreground
 
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Prison front with barbed wire
 
Utility yard with upper cells
     
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Outside view
 
Rooftop view
     
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Death row leading to the exercise yard
 
Prison with fence
     
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Old entrance
   
     
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Panoramic view from the prison roof