Lohamei Ha'geta'ot

If you're looking for an exciting place to visit during your trip to Israel, Lohamei Ha'geta'ot is the perfect place to stop. Located in western Galilee near Acre (Akko) and Nahariva, this kibbutz was founded in 1949 by Polish and Lithuanian Holocaust survivors. Fighters present at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising joined partisans and prisoners who had escaped or avoided the Nazis and named the new home they founded after the fighters in the ghettos, armies and forests. The Ghetto Fighters' House includes the aqueduct for which Lohamei Ha'geta'ot is famous, two museums and an amphitheater. Built in 1815 during the Ottoman period, the aqueduct was the most important project the Turks undertook while in the country. This aqueduct transfers water from the Kabri Springs to the region's capital, Acre. The aqueduct is not only technically impressive, but aesthetically pleasing as well, with an amphitheater near its entrance that holes memorial ceremonies on Holocaust Remembrance Day. One of the other interesting places to stop is the Museum of the Holocaust and Resistance and the Yad Layeled Children's Museum, which honors the .5 million Jewish children who were killed during the Holocaust. Though originally an agriculture village, Lohamei Ha'geta'ot is now supported by its Tivol factory-manufactures vegetarian meat products. Lastly, but certainly not least, Lohamei Ha'geta'oi boasts the gallery that displays the work of artist Moshe Kupferman who won the Israel Price for outstanding visual art. For anyone taking an Israel trip to this area, Lohamei Ha'geta'ot has much to offer.