Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
מורשת ישראל; כתב-עת ליהדות לציונות ולארץ ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,2 (תשפא) 349-378
Keywords:
Kibbutzim Social life and customs
;
Arab-Israeli conflict 20th century
;
Memorials History
;
Memorialization Social aspects
;
Ma'ale HaHamisha (Israel)
Abstract:
Ma’ale HaHamisha was founded in 1938 as a result of the murder of five original members who were employed as laborers by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael. The murder strongly influenced the yishuv, leading to the decision to establish the kibbutz Ma’ale HaHamisha. In this article, we address five mechanisms known for perpetuating memory and memorialization. The basic pattern of perpetuation involves naming: the established kibbutz was named after the number of fallen members. The choice of name was not a formal step, and it was not accepted by the British authorities. Nonetheless, the kibbutz members insisted on the name. Another important means of remembering is through relevant creative texts. Songs about the murdered persons were written and composed, and booklets were published on the subject. The writers highlighted the idea that the right way to avenge the murders was to strengthen both settlement and agricultural initiatives in the vicinity of the kibbutz. Indeed, the project of afforestation has continued over the years, and the adjacent forest has been named The Forest of the Hamisha (“the five”). The date of the murders was decreed a memorial day by the kibbutz. In the early years of the kibbutz, the kibbutz journal BeMa’ale HaHar expressed memories of the Hamisha in various forms of writing. Over the years, additional monuments and other memorial sites were erected, dedicated to other slain members of the community. Tzilla Cohen was murdered in 1945, and Beit Tzilla, the culture center of the kibbutz, was named in her memory. A monument for the victims of the Gordonya youth movement in the Warsaw Ghetto, which included candidates to join Ma’ale HaHamisha, was inaugurated in 1961. These and other sites have been interwoven into a nexus of relationships to the Hamisha. In discussing Ma’ale HaHamisha, we can speak about the unification of memory of all the victims in relation to the Hamisha. Examining the history of the kibbutz, this memory may be considered as an important socialization agent for the local community.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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