Munio Weinraub | Amos Gitai - Architecture and film in Israel

until sunday february 08 2009
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Press preview on 11-05-2008 at 11.00 and opening at 19.00.
The exhibition on the Bauhaus-trained architect Munio Weinraub (1909-1970) and his son, the internationally acclaimed director Amos Gitai (born 1950), presents a protagonist of New Building in Israel and a critical filmmaker and chronicler of his country.

Illustration : Munio Weinraub & Amos Gitai - Wasserturm, Gil Jungen Reformschule, Shefaram, Israel © Gabriele Basilico

In doing so, it mirrors the turbulent history and socio-political developments and problems of Palestine and Israel. Munio Weinraub was one of the most important architects during the establishment of the state of Israel. He designed residential homes, kibbutz settlements and schools and submitted as far back as 1942 the first project for the Yad Vashem memorial