Six Million, (sculpture).

Six Million, (sculpture).

Schneider, Arthur, sculptor.

Six Million, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 101 x 52 x 41 in.; Base: approx. 27 x 60 x 37 in.

(On sculpture, raised:) TREBLINKA/AUSCHWITZ/DACHAU BUCHENWALD (Plaque on front center of base, raised:) (two lines in Hebrew)/"WITHIN THIS MONUMENT ARE ENSHRINED/THE NAMES OF OUR LOVED ONES WHO/PERISHED IN THE HOLOCAUST"/ERECTED BY/CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE/(left side:) 5732 (right side:) 1972 unsigned

A family of four stand together on a twisted tangle of beams inscribed with the names of four concentration camps. The father wears what may be a blanket or shawl draped around his shoulders and stands behind the mother and children, with his proper left hand on the mother's shoulder. The mother wears a knee-length dress and stands next to the taller of the two children with her proper left hand on the shoulder of the shorter child who stands in front of her. The shorter child wears what may be a thigh-length dress or shift. Seven shafts rise above the family, from the tangled beams they stand on, to form a niche for them. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base with a commemorative plaque on the front. The sculpture is located within a semicircular plaza-like setting.

History -- Europe -- Holocaust

Figure group -- Family

Ethnic -- Hebrew

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Royal Oak

Administered by Congregation B'nai Moshe, Oak Park, Michigan

Located Oakview Cemetery, 1032 North Main Street, Royal Oak, Michigan

Erected by the Congregation B'nai Moshe in memory of the Holocaust victims. Names of loved ones who perished are enshrined in the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.

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