Nir Galim
Nir Galim נִיר גַּלִּים |
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hebrew : | נִיר גַּלִּים | |
State : | Israel | |
District : | Central | |
Founded : | 1949 | |
Coordinates : | 31 ° 49 ′ N , 34 ° 41 ′ E | |
Height : | 21 m | |
Residents : | 1373 (as of: 2018) | |
Community code : | 0720 | |
Time zone : | UTC + 2 | |
Community type: | settlement | |
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Nir Galim ( Hebrew נִיר גַּלִּים; German: Neuland der Wasserwellen) is a settlement in the Chevel Javne regional association in Israel. She was named Moshav Shitufi ( Hebrew מושב שיתופי) and was originally called Nir weGal ( Hebrew ניר וגל; German: fertile land (new land) and water wave ). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Eastern Europe, including twins who had survived Josef Mengele's human experiments . 1,373 people live in the settlement (as of 2018).
In 2009 the Bet haEdut Holocaust memorial was opened in Nir Galim (מוזיאון בית העדות למורשת הציונות הדתית וזיכרון השואה) set up. The sculpture miSchoa liTekuma ( Hebrew משׁוֹאָה לתְּקוּמָה; German: from the Shoah to the resurrection). The sculpture was created by Katie Steely.
Residents
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports the following population figures for Nir Galim:
Year of the census | 1961 | 1972 | 1983 | 1995 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 |
Number of inhabitants | 242 | 382 | 516 | 521 | 553 | 547 | 563 | 576 | 617 | 628 | 696 | 965 | 1,053 | 1,084 | 1,210 | 1,265 | 1.313 | 1,409 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ homee.co.il
- ↑ In the name, the work of the residents in the fields and on the nearby sea should be linked. (Hanna Bitan: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel . Carta, 1999, ISBN 965-220-423-4 , pp. 48 . )
- ↑ Lucette Matalon Lagnado, Sheila Cohn Dekel: Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz . Penguin Books, USA 1992.
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ beit-haedut.org.il
- ^ Bnei Akiva celebrates museum's recognition of its pre-state work in UK . The Jerusalem Post
- ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics