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 |
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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).
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Air view of the prison complex |
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The exercise yard |
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The historical plate of the prison gate |
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The life of pilgrims in the temporary buildings of
Impeial Orthodox Palestinian Society |
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Women's Hostel utility yard |
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The room for women pilgrims in the Mariinsky town church |
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Washing of the clothes in a courtyard of the Mariinsky town church |
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Russian Compound with the woman's hostel in the foreground |
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Prison front with barbed wire |
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Utility yard with upper cells |
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Outside view |
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Rooftop view |
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Death row leading to the exercise yard |
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Prison with fence |
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Panoramic view from the prison roof |
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