סמל העיר תל אביב יפו
אלי אילן
מלחמת בני אור בבני חושך
1973
ברונזה
נתרם על ידי משפחת קרייטמן והוועד האולימפי בישראל

Eli Ilan
War Between the Sons of Light
and the Sons of Darkness
1973
Bronze
Donated by the Krytman Family
and the Israeli Olympic Committee

The sign belongs to the series of signs depicting outdoor sculptures throughout the city of Tel Aviv - Jaffa.

The monument is located in Tel Aviv’s 11th square - a memorial dedicated to the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered at the Munich Olympics Click for sign's details

The sculpture on which the sign is pointing was photographed that day. You can see the wreaths of memory at the foot of the statue, and behind it the memorial plates for the athletes Click for a larger image

On the front of the statue is the inscription "And with the holy of his people will do heroism" War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness (one of the Dead Sea Scrolls) Click for a larger image

In 2023 a sign was photographed with the same text as the current sign but in a different format Click for a larger image

About the Sculpture : The statue dedicated to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics is Eli Ilan’s most important sculpture in Israel.