Slide Title

Rehovot: Memorial to the Holocaust at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
Dani Karavan

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Date

3-1980

Description

The Memorial to the Holocaust at the Wizmann Institute of Science was designed by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan. The site is a plaza with a split torah sculpted in the center. The torah sculpture is insrcibed with numbers, perhaps alluding to the tattoos used in concentration camps.

Notes

http://israelpublicart.com/public_art/?art=memorial-to-victims-of-the-holocaust
(accessed October 13, 2011)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Karavan
(accessed October 13, 2011)

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Dates

1930-

Creator 2 Role

Sculptor

Subject Headings

Architecture -- Monuments -- Memorials -- Israel;

Country Name

Israel

City Name

Rehovot

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet and Karavan, Dani, "Rehovot: Memorial to the Holocaust at the Weizmann Institute of Science" (1980). Smolski Images. 700.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/700