Eli Avivi

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Eli Avivi

Eli Avivi (born April 27, 1930 in Persia ; died May 16, 2018 in Israel ) was a seaman , hippie and nude photographer . In 1971 he founded the Achsivland project .

Life

Eli Avivi had been a member of the Palmach since 1946 and helped smuggle Jewish emigrants from Europe to Palestine. From 1947 he worked as a fisherman. From 1952 he lived in the Achziv settlement . Here he proclaimed the microstate of Achzivland in 1971, where he lived with his wife Rina. It was definitely a tourist attraction, although the state was not recognized internationally. Avivi has been photographing his country's friends on the beach for decades. Over the years, the largest archive for nudes in Israel has been created with over a million pictures.

He died of pneumonia in 2018. He is buried in Kibbutz Gesher Haziv.

documentary

In 2009 the documentary film Achziv, a place to love, was made about the life story of Eli Achziv. The film was screened at the Haifa International Film Festival and the 2009 Toronto Jewish Film Festival .

literature

  • John Ryan, George Dunford, Simon Sellars: Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. Lonely Planet, Melbourne 2006. ISBN 1-741-04730-7

Web links

Commons : Eli Avivi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC
  2. ↑ a b Hippie dwarf state Achziv on the Mediterranean Sea The Sun King Article by Dominik Peters from September 3, 2018 for Der Spiegel. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ The State I am Article by Agnes Fazekas from February 4, 2016 on zeit.de. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Micronation founder Eli Avivi dies in Israel article from May 16, 2018 for the BBC. Accessed September 7, 2018. (English)
  5. ↑ Israel's oldest hippie is dead Article by Ulrich W. Sahm from May 17, 2018 on Fokus-jerusalem.tv. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Founder of the Most Peaceful Country in the Middle East is dead Article of May 17, 2018 for the Jüdische Allgemeine. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ Achziv, a place to love Entry of the film on isaelifilms.co.il. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ Achziv, a place to love Entry of the film on worldcat.org. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Avivi, Eli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli sailor, hippie, nude photographer and in 1971 the founder of the Achsivland project
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Persia
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2018
Place of death Israel