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    		• Ascalon, Maurice,
     
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    		• Ascalon, David,
     
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    		• Ascalon, Adir,
     
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    		• Ascalon Studios,
     
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    		• History -- Europe
     
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    		• Emblem -- Menorah
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Hebrew
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ascalon, Maurice, 1913- , sculptor.
    Ascalon, David, 1945- , sculptor.
    Ascalon, Adir, sculptor.
    Ascalon Studios, founder.
    Title: 
    Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1985. Dedicated April 11, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Copper, bronze, brass, steel, barbed wire, insulators.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 5 x 14 x 1 ft.
    Inscription: 
    signed
    Description: 
    A wall relief depicting many symbols of the Holocaust atrocities, such as a broken menorah, torn Torah scroll, barbed wire fence, and burning prayer books. Also represented are six cut tree trunks (representing the six million who died), each with a small branch growing from the top (representing the rebirth of the Jewish people through the establishment of Israel).
    Subject: 
    History -- Europe -- Holocaust
    Emblem -- Menorah
    Ethnic -- Hebrew
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Temple Beth El of Greater Buffalo, 2368 Eggert Road, Tonawanda, New York 14150
    References: 
    Ascalon, Eric J., 2003.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 74780005
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