Slide Title
Preview
Date
3-1980
Description
After Israel was recognized as a country by the US, Chaim Weizmann was chosen to serve as the country’s first President. He was elected in February of 1949 and served as Israel’s President until his death in 1952. It was in April of 1949 that he traveled to the US in search of contributions for the State of Israel. While there, he managed to collect a large sum of $23 million and put it towards their research facility, which is now know as the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Upon his death, Weizmann requested to be buried in the gardens next to his house in Rehovot. Designed by Moshe Ziffer, the tombstone was designed after the tombstones of missing soldiers in Great Britain, a tribute to their son. In the center the symbol for the Weizmann Institute of Science was chiseled by designer Erich Mendelsohn.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1902-1989
Creator 2 Role
Designer
Creator 3 Dates
1887-1953
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
gravestones, tombstones, burial site, Weizmann, Rehovot, Israel
Notes
http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chaim-vera-weizmann-grave
http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chaim-vera-weizmann-grave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Ziffer
http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/weizmann-house-erich-mendelsohn