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Sign: Givat Brenner - Zaks Pool

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VR72+68 Givat Brenner, Israel
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בריכת זקס
חנן זקס היה שופט יהודי שחי בשוויץ ולאחר עליתו לארץ ישראל, בשנות ה-30, הקים בית בפאתי ג"ב ולצידו רפת ומשק חקלאי קטן כולל בריכת השקיה. לאחר שחנן נפטר הפכה ’בריכת זקס’ לבריכה הרשמית של ג"ב. מימדיה הקטנים (15מ’ על 7מ’) לא הפריעו לדורות של שחיינים להגיע להישגים ולזכות באליפויות. לימוד השחיה בבריכה התבצע בעזרת ה’קופסאות’ המפורסמות שנקשרו למותני הילדים שהושלכו ללב הבריכה והחלו לשחות.
הבריכה נסגרה עם חנוכת הבריכה החדשה בשנת 1964.
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One of the signs on buildings showing the history of the kibbutz.

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

Zaks Pool
Hanan Zaks was a Jewish judge who lived in Switzerland, and after immigrating to the Land of Israel in the 1930s, he built a house on the outskirts of Givat Brenner, alongside a cowshed and a small agricultural farm that included an irrigation pool. After Hanan’s death, the “Zaks Pool” became the official pool of Givat Brenner. Its small dimensions (15 m by 7 m) did not prevent generations of swimmers from achieving successes and winning championships. Swimming lessons in the pool were conducted with the help of the famous “boxes,” which were tied to the children’s waists before they were thrown into the center of the pool and began swimming.
The pool was closed upon the inauguration of the new pool in 1964.

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