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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.
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). Browse All. 700.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/700
Keywords
public art, holocaust memorial, monument
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)