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Sign: Rehovot - Weizmann Institute of Science - Memorial Plaza - the pool


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Memorial Plaza, Carmel St 60-68, Rehovot, Israel
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הבריכה
בשנת 1954 נבנתה כיכר הזיכרון ובה בריכת נוי צנועה זו.
בשנים 1966-1955, ביוזמתה של ד"ר ורה ויצמן, שינתה הבריכה את יעודה, כאשר ארגון אילנשיל-פוליו (איל"ן) הפעיל בה קייטנות קיץ, לשיקומם ולהנאתם של ילדים נפגעי שיתוק.
עם מותה של ורה ויצמן נעזבה הבריכה ונשכחה, עד אשר בשנת 2002 הוקמה במקום גינת זיכרון.

[תמונה: ילדים בבריכה]
[Image: Children in the pool]

The Pool
In 1954, the Memorial Plaza was built and within it this modest ornamental pool.
During the years 1955-1966, at the initiative and under the patronage of Dr. Vera Weizmann, the pool served other purposes.
It was used by the Israel Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Ilan) as part of a summer camp program for the rehabilitation and enjoyment of children afflicted with polio.
Upon the death of Vera Weizmann, the pool lay neglected and unnoticed for years.
In 2002, it was cleaped and restored, and a memorial garden planted nearby.
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