Naomi Henrik

Naomi Henrik (Hebrew: נעמי הנריק, sometimes Noemi Hanreck) (née Tzalering/Zellering; June 11, 1920 - March 23, 2018) was an Israeli sculptor.

[1] Naomi Henrik was born in the city of Akkerman in Bessarabia to the family of gynecologist Dr. Shaul Zellering (Russian: Цалеринг, Tzalering).

[1] She studied at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and the Levinsky College of Education [he], Tel Aviv.

[1] During World War II, she met her future husband Ron, and they were married in 1945.

[2] 1974: Monument to the Martyrs of the 679th Brigade [he][3][2] 1967: Memorial for the Pioneers of the Road to Jerusalem [he] ("Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem")[4] 1962: she won the competition for the monument at Yad Vashem "to symbolize the heroism of the Jews during the Holocaust" (The runner-up was Nathan Rapoport), but unfortunately her project was never realized and eventually in 1970 the Pillar of Heroism by Buky Schwartz was erected instead.

Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem
Monument to the Martyrs of the 679th Brigade