Yokne'am Illit in Yizrael, Northern District, Israel — West Asia (the Levant in the Middle East)
Wilfrid Israel
וילפריד ישראל
Photographed By Jerry Klinger, January 29, 2024
1. Wilfrid Israel Marker
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Wilfrid Israel
Wilfrid Israel (1899-1943), Anglo-German Jewish Holocaust rescuer of ~ 20,000 Jews. Israel was the chief representative of German Jewry. Based upon his experience with Youth Aliyah, he initiated the famed Kindertransport. He was killed in 1943 attempting to save more Jews.
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9)
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation with support from the City of Yokneam
Erected 2023.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation., and the The Holocaust series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1943.
Location. 32° 39.794′ N, 35° 6.522′ E. Marker is in Yokne'am Illit, Northern District, in Yizrael. Marker can be reached from Hairisim Street. Touch for map. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The City-Gate (approx. 11.1 kilometers away in Haifa District); a different marker also named The City-Gate (approx. 11.1 kilometers away in Haifa District); The Water System (approx. 11.2 kilometers away in Haifa District); Tel Megiddo National Park
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1. Wilfrid Israel...Gaza...
The Wilfrid Israel Memorial was never intended to be an interpretive memorial for the Gaza War. Yet, for some, it has become just that, the first De-Facto Gaza Memorial in Israel. The Gaza War – an unwanted, terrible war that necessitated Jews to rush into the fire to save Jews. The World would not save Jews and did not…(Submitted on December 19, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Philipe designed the memorial. JASHP insisted it be large, visible, and project a simple message.
“Jew Saves Jew.”
“If you can’t save the world, save a life.”
“ ~ If you save a life, you save a world”…
Who was Wilfrid?
He was a Holocaust Rescuer who saved tens of thousands of Jews.
2. The Humble Hero.
Wilfrid’s efforts increasingly focused(Submitted on December 19, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)on saving Jewish children. He was an integral part of the Kindertransport, a monumental operation that rescued ten thousand Jewish children from Nazi-occupied parts of Eastern Europe, and placed them safely with British families. He organized the complicated logistics of the operation, and recruited British Quakers, whom he’d worked with on humanitarian issues after World War I, to join the cause and facilitate the children’s travel.Photographed By Jerry Klinger, January 29, 20242. Wilfrid Israel Marker
3. Wilfrid Israel.
He was deeply interested in Palestine, especially in the Ben Shemen Youth Village and kibbutz *Ha-Zore'a, established by German Jewish youth, and he made plans to emigrate there. In 1943 he volunteered for a mission to Spain and Portugal to rescue European refugees under Jewish Agency auspices. He died when the plane in which he was returning to England was shot down by the Luftwaffe. His art collection was bequeathed to kibbutz Ha-Zore'a, where it is displayed in the Wilfrid Israel House for Oriental Art and Studies.(Submitted on December 19, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Photographed By Sam Philipe, 2023
3. Wilfred Israel Marker
4. Wilfred Israel
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 52 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on December 23, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 31, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. 3, 4. submitted on December 19, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
