A Sculpture of Love In Anguish, (sculpture).

A Sculpture of Love In Anguish, (sculpture).

Treister, Ken, sculptor.

Cantillo, Antonio, designer.

Treister, Charles, designer.

Bliss & Tilden, architectural firm.

Martinez and Associates, architectural firm.

Fundicion Artistica, founder.

A Sculpture of Love In Anguish, (sculpture).

Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).

Arm of Six Million, (sculpture).

1989. Dedicated Feb. 4, 1990.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone; Walls: black-pearl granite; Plaza: Jerusalem stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 43 ft. x Diam. 20 ft.

Kenneth Treister Fundicion Artistica (On arm of sculpture:) A13898 (On front of base:) In memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust (Granite wall surrounding reflecting pool give a retelling of the history of the Holocaust; captions are given for the photographs on the walls.) (Tunnel walls are inscribed with the names of concentration camps.) (Granite memorial wall surrounding sunken plaza is inscribed with the names of 4,000 victims.) signed Founder's mark appears.

Site installation consisting of many parts. The focal point of the installation is a bronze sculpture depicting a human arm and hand reaching up to the sky. On the wrist is an identification tattoo from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Nearly a hundred life-size human figures climb the arm trying to escape. Scattered around the base of the sculpture are additional figures, some lying down, some standing and reaching to those already on the arm. One figure of a lone child sits on the ground crying, some distance from the arm. On a circular base near the arm, two female figures lay dead, their long gowns flowing down from the base. On another base nearby is a full-length figure of a mother with two small children wrapped in her arms. The sculpture is surrounded by a reflecting pool. A black granite wall circles around the outer edge of the pool. Fifty photographs depicting scenes of the Holocaust are etched into the surface of the wall. A tunnel leads to a sunken plaza on which the giant arm sculpture sits. The floor of the plaza is made of pink Jerusalem stone. Black granite walls encircle the plaza.

History -- Europe -- Holocaust

Figure -- Fragment -- Arm

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Figure -- Child -- Full length

Figure group -- Female

Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami Beach

Administered by Holocaust Memorial Committee, One S.E. 3rd Avenue, #2130, Miami, Florida 33131

Located 1933 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida

The sculpture was commissioned by the Memorial Committee. Cost of the memorial was over $3 million. IAS files contain copies of related articles from The Miami Jewish Tribune, Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 1988; The Miami Herald, July 15, 1990; The Sun-Sentinel, Jan. 22, 1995; Together, American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Dec. 1990; and Southern Living Magazine, Oct. 1994, pg. 2fl.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1994.

Southern Living Magazine, Oct. 1994, pg. 2fl.

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