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Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs, (sculpture). Artist:  Rapoport, Nathan, 1911-1987, sculptor. Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte, founder. Title:  Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs, (sculpture). Dates:  1964. Dedicated April 26, 1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 216 x 72 x 72 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 90 x 84 in. Inscription:  C. Natan(sic) Rapoport/1964 Fond. Tommasi & Vignali/Pietrasanta, Italy (Base, front side:) THE HOLOCAUST/1933-1945/NOW AND FOREVER ENSHRINED IN MEMORY ARE THE SIX MILLION/JEWISH MARTYRS WHO PERISHED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/GHETTOS AND GAS CHAMBERS/IN THEIR DEEPEST AGONY THEY CLUNG TO THE IMAGE OF HUMANITY,/AND THEIR ACTS OF RESISTANCE IN THE FORESTS AND GHETTOS/REDEEMED THE HONOR OF MAN./THERE SUFFERING AND HEROISM ARE FOREVER BRANDED UPON/OUR CONSCIENCE AND SHALL BE REMEMBERED/FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. (Base, left side:) PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA/BY/THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH/NEW AMERICANS/IN COOPERATION WITH/THE FEDERATION OF JEWISH AGENCIES OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA/APRIL 26, 1964. (Base, rear:) REMEMBER (Hebrew lettering)/DRANCY/FLOSSENBERG/GROSS-ROSEN/KLOOGA/LWON-JANOWSKA/MAJDANEK/MAUTHAUSEN/NEUENGAMME/AUSCHWITZ/BABI-YAR/BELZEC/BERGEN-BELSEN/BREENDONCK/BUCHENWALD/CHELMNO/DAUCHAU/PONARY/RAVENS-TREBLINKON/WESTERBORK (Base, right side:) (Hebrew lettering) 1933-1945 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A vertical mass of bodies, flames, barbed wire, the torah, and daggers. Subject:  Abstract Ethnic -- Hebrew Figure group History -- Europe -- Holocaust Religion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Isaac Levy Park, 16th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  This piece was given to the City by the New Americans Association, a group of 400 families, many of whom fled Poland after World War II. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 338. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 234. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 338. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75009355   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009355 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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