The Jewish National Foundation - Keren Kayemet le-Israel together with Bnei-Brit opened in Ramat Puria, in the "Switzerland" forest (not far from Tiberias), a viewing platform that will bear the name of Karl Lutz.

As stated in the press release on this topic, Karl Lutz during the Holocaust saved more than 60,000 Jews, including more than 10,000 children. He worked as a diplomat in the Swiss embassy in Budapest, in 1964 the Jerusalem Institute Yad Vashem recognized him as the righteous people of the world. His name is given to the streets in Bern and Haifa.

This project was implemented on donations collected by the Swiss offices of Bnei-Brit and JNF-KKL. Private sponsors collected 360 thousand shekels.

At the opening ceremony of the observation deck, the Chairman of the JNF-KKL, Dani Atar, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Israel Jean-Daniel Roch, the adopted daughter of Karl Lutz, Agnes Hirsi, the Mayor of Tiberias Yossi Ben-David, the Chairman of the JNF-KCL Switzerland Arthur Plotke, representatives of Bnei Brit and prisoners of Nazism, rescued by Lutz from certain death.

From the observation deck of Karl Lutz, you have a beautiful view of Tiberias, the Kinneret and the Golan Heights. Mitzpe Karl Lutz, as predicted in the JNF-KKL, will become very popular among nature lovers and tourists.

"We are here to pay tribute to this great man, to express our feelings of deep gratitude and gratitude to the righteous peoples of the world, Karl Lutz, whose feat will forever remain in the hearts of our people," said the head of the JNF-KKL, Dani Atar.

"When you read the history of this person, you understand what a great courage and humanism he possessed, when daily risking not only his life, but also the lives of his family, saved the Jews. - said Dani Atar. - His name will be inscribed in gold letters in the history of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. He was a ray of hope in times of pitch darkness. Let his light continue to shine for mankind, dispelling darkness. "

Mitzpe Karl Lutz will greet visitors with a shady canopy, comfortable benches, trees and bushes, a well-maintained area and tourist stands, which detail the places that can be seen from the observation deck of Karl Lutz. Mizpe connects with the tourist route Shvil-Israel, as well as with the circular bike path around the Kinneret.