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The Swedish HutThis hut was erected in 1951 and renovated in 2011.
The hut, along with the adjacent concrete building, was originally used as a Childrens House where there were bedrooms, a kitchen and dining room and a classroom. Days of collective living?.
The first group to grow up here was called Nachlielli (a kind of wagtail). Class groups in kibbutzim traditionally were named after birds or animals, but most commonly, birds.
Nachlielli was made up of the first children of the kibbutz and newcomers to Sde Nehemia, orphaned children from the then Czechoslovakia, Syria and Lebanon. Many kibbutz children, between 1952 and 1978, lived and were taught in this hut. This was their home.
With the change to family living the hut ceased to be lived in and became a store room for children's playthings, Purim costumes and other equipment used in Children's Houses.
The building next door was used as a music room for many years and today houses the kibbutz archives. The hut, along with the adjacent concrete building, was originally used as a Childrens House where there were bedrooms, a kitchen and dining room and a classroom. Days of collective living?. The first group to grow up here was called Nachlielli (a kind of wagtail). Class groups in kibbutzim traditionally were named after birds or animals, but most commonly, birds.
Nachlielli was made up of the first children of the kibbutz and newcomers to Sde Nehemia, orphaned children from the then Czechoslovakia, Syria and Lebanon. Many kibbutz children, between 1952 and 1978, lived and were taught in this hut. This was their home.
With the change to family living the hut ceased to be lived in and became a store room for children's playthings, Purim costumes and other equipment used in Children's Houses.
The building next door was used as a music room for many years and today houses the kibbutz archives. The hut, along with the adjacent concrete building, was originally used as a Childrens House where there were bedrooms, a kitchen and dining room and a classroom. Days of collective living?. The first group to grow up here was called Nachlielli (a kind of wagtail). Class groups in kibbutzim traditionally were named after birds or animals, but most commonly, birds.