Hekhal Yahadut Vohlin, Memorial building in Givatayim, Israel.
Hekhal Yahadut Vohlin is a windowless brutalist memorial building in Givatayim, designed by architect Israel Lotan and completed in 1969. Its raw concrete walls carry about a thousand names of Jewish partisans and fighters from Volhynia who fell in battle or died after the war. A library, auditorium and Yad Vashem study branch operate inside.
The memorial building was constructed in 1969 to honor the Jewish communities from Volhynia who faced persecution during World War II. Its creation reflected the desire to ensure these communities and their histories would not be forgotten.
The building serves as a learning space where visitors can discover more about the Jewish community from Volhynia and their traditions. Regular gatherings and memorial events take place here, where people share personal stories and family connections.
The hall stands in Givatayim opposite the Korazim commercial and industrial area, on land allocated by the municipality. The entrance wall is engraved with about a thousand names of Jewish partisans and fighters from Volhynia, fallen in battle or deceased after the war. The monument by the entrance, unveiled in 1994, has two walls: the vertical one bears a partisan figure by Alexander Bogen, the horizontal one Hirsch Glick's partisan song in Yiddish, Hebrew and English.
The entrance wall of the hall is engraved with about a thousand names of Jewish partisans and fighters from Volhynia, both those killed in battle and those who died after the war. Beside the entrance stands a 1994 monument by sculptor Ayelet Shlonsky-Bitan and architect Michael Elkobi: a vertical wall bears a partisan figure carved by the artist-partisan Alexander Bogen, and a horizontal wall carries Hirsh Glick's Partisan Song in Yiddish, Hebrew and English.
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