Nir Galim


Nir Galim is a religious moshav shitufi in south-central Israel, adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Located in the southern coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History

The moshav was established in 1949, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Arab Suqrir, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
It was initially called Nir VeGal. The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Central Europe, including set of twins who survived Josef Mengele's experiments.
The Testimony House for the Heritage of the Holocaust was established on the moshav in 2009.

Notable residents