The Israeli Embassy in Berlin is the headquarters of the diplomatic mission of Israel in Germany. It is located in the Berlin district of Schmargendorf at Auguste-Viktoria-Straße 74.[1] Since August 22, 2022, the Israeli ambassador to Germany is Ron Prosor.[2]
| Embassy of Israel in Berlin | |
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| Location | Schmargendorf, Berlin |
| Address | Auguste-Viktoria-Straße 74, Berlin |
| Coordinates | 52°29′01″N 13°17′20″E / 52.4836°N 13.2888°E |
| Ambassador | Ron Prosor |
History edit
There have been diplomatic relations between the state of Israel and West Germany since 1965. The first embassy, opened on August 24, 1965, was located in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district.[citation needed] The following year, the embassy was moved to the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn.[citation needed] With the relocation of the German seat of government after unification, the Israeli embassy was moved in August 1999 from Bonn to Berlin. Until then there had been an Israeli Consulate-General at Schinkelstraße 10 in the Grunewald district of West Berlin.[citation needed]
The current embassy building was built in the period 1999-2001.[3] It was designed by Israeli architect Orit Willenberg-Giladi. She is the daughter of the late Samuel Willenberg, the last known survivor of the August 1943 Treblinka revolt, and his wife Ada. In 2013 she was selected to design the Holocaust education center planned for the former site of Treblinka extermination camp.[4]
Ambassadors in Germany edit
| No. | Portrait | Ambassador of Israel to Germany | Took office | Left office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asher Ben-Natan (1921–2014) | August 1965 | 1970 | [5][6] | |
| 2 | Eliashiv Ben-Horin (1921–1990) | 1970 | 1974 | [6][7] | |
| 3 | Yohanan Meroz (1920–2006) | 1974 | 1981 | [6][8] | |
| 3 | Itzhak Ben Ari (1924–2004) | 1981 | 1989 | [6][9] | |
| 4 | Binyamin Navon (born 1933) | 1989 | 1993 | [6] | |
| 5 | Avraham "Avi“ Primor (born 1933) | 1993 | 1999 | [6] | |
| 6 | Shimon Stein (born 1948) | 2001 | 2007 | [6][10] | |
| 7 | Yoram Ben-Zeev (born 1944) | 2007 | 2012 | [6][11] | |
| 8 | Yacov Hadas-Handelsman (born 1957) | 2012 | 2017 | [6][12] | |
| 9 | Jeremy Issacharoff (born 1955) | 2017 | 2022 | [6][13] | |
| 10 | Ron Prosor (born 1958) | 2022 | Incumbent | [6][14] |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Israeli Embassy in Germany". embassies.gov.il. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ "Er spricht fließend Deutsch: Ron Prosor ist der neue Botschafter Israels in Berlin - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Botschaft des Staates Israel". www.berlin.de (in German). 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ Miller, Sara (February 20, 2016). "Samuel Willenberg, the last surviving Treblinka prisoner, dies at 93". Times of Israel. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ "Israel's first envoy to Germany dies at 93". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Germany". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Israeli Envoy Returns to Bonn". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1972-11-10. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "יוחנן מרוז ז״ל". mfa.gov.il. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "יצחק בן ארי ז״ל". mfa.gov.il. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Shimon Stein". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Meeting of young Israeli and German diplomats held in Berlin". mfa.gov.il. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Israel's German envoy hopeful that missing Israeli among those injured". Ynetnews. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Kritik im Außenministerium: Neuer Botschafter spricht kein Deutsch". Fokus Jerusalem. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ אייכנר, איתמר (2022-08-23). "מעגל נסגר בגרמניה: נכדו של קצין בצבא הפרוסי מונה לשגריר ישראל בברלין". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-03-28.