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Sign: Kiryat Motzkin - Heritage Sites in Israel - The Motzkin Transit Camp for Immigrants


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HaHashmona’im St 27, Kiryat Motzkin, Israel
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On the sign:
סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל עיריית קריית מוצקין
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט

מעברת קריית מוצקין (כורדני ב’)
שכונת האסבסטונים

מעברת קרית מוצקין הוקמה בשנת 1959 ואחרוני תושביה עזבו בשנת 1976. בשיאה השתרעה המעברה על פני שטח של בערך 114 דונם, לאורך מסילת הברזל, באזור שבין רחוב יוסף לוי לאזור החי-פארק כיום, וכללה בערך 300 צריפים. נכון לשנת 2022 אסבסטון 84א’ שימש עדיין למגורים. מי שגדלו במעברה כילדים, מעידים כי אלה היו חיים של פשטות, פתיחות הדדית, הרמוניה ושיתוף פעולה בין יוצאי כל הארצות, ללא הבדל ארץ המוצא: מרוקו, רומניה, פולין, מצרים, הונגריה, תורכיה, פרס, גרמניה, הודו, אלג’יר, אורוגוואי, סין, ברזיל, בולגריה ואחרים, והגדירו את האווירה "כור היתוך שהביא למדינה הרבה אזרחים נאמנים ואנשים טובים".

The symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
Kiryat Motzkin Municipality Emblem
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

THE MOZKIN TRANSIT CAMP FOR IMMIGRANTS
The Kiryat Motzkin transit camp for Jewish immigrants, located between the current Joseph Levy Street and the Hal-Park, was built in 1959 and the last Inhabitants left in 1976. People who grew up in the camp tell that "It was an open melting-pot for Immigrants from all over the world that brought to many good & loyal citizens to the country".

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מעברת קריית מוצקין, שנות ה-60 של המאה ועשרים
(מאוסף המוזיאון ההיסטורי "בית גרושקביץ")

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Kiryat Motzkin Transit Center, 1960s
(From the collection of the "Grushkevich House" Historical Museum)
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The sign shape is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The location of the sign was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The image at the bottom of the sign is shown here in a larger format Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[The Hebrew text contains additional details, so its translation is presented here in its entirety]

Kiryat Motzkin Settlement (Kurdani B)
The Asbestos Neighborhood

The Kiryat Motzkin Settlement was established in 1959 and its last residents left in 1976. At its peak, the settlement covered an area of ​​approximately 114 dunams, along the railroad tracks, in the area between Yosef Levi Street and the current Hay-Park area, and included approximately 300 huts. As of 2022, Asbestos 84A was still used for housing. Those who grew up in the transit camp as children testify that it was a life of simplicity, mutual openness, harmony and cooperation between immigrants from all over the world, regardless of their country of origin: Morocco, Romania, Poland, Egypt, Hungary, Turkey, Persia, Germany, India, Algeria, Uruguay, China, Brazil, Bulgaria and others, and defined the atmosphere as "a melting pot that brought to the country many loyal citizens and good people".




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