The Los Angeles Holocaust Monument, (sculpture).

The Los Angeles Holocaust Monument, (sculpture).

Young, Joseph L., sculptor.

Nadel Partnership, architectural firm.

Goldrich and Kest, contractor.

Prestige Homes, contractor.

The Los Angeles Holocaust Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 26, 1992.

Sculpture: black polished granite, red polished granite, grey granite, barbed wire, and bronze; Base: concrete and glass.

Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft.; Base: approx. W. 100 ft. x D. 75 ft.

Three triangular columns stand on a hexagonal base. Bronze bas-reliefs and inscriptions, depicting the Holocaust Era in chronological order from 1933 to 1945, appear on the columns. A flame of memory burns from the top of each column.

Abstract -- Geometric

History -- Europe -- Holocaust

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles

Administered by City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks, 200 North Main Street, Room 1330, City Hall East, Los Angeles, California 90012

Located Pan Pacific Park, Between Beverly and Third Streets, Los Angeles, California

The sculpture was selected in a national competition sponsored by the American Congress of Jewish Concentration Camp Survivors. The triangular columns, reminiscent of the crematoria, symbolize the enormity of the tragedy. The "Flames of Memory" on top of each column are lit for 24 hours once each year on Yom Hashoah, the international day to remember the Holocaust. The open space in the middle of the monument symbolizes an "invisible" seventh column, which personifies all those who survived the Holocaust. This area has a slab-glass floor to convey a sense of hope as it illuminates the monument at night. A time capsule, containing the master copy of "The Book of Remembrance" is encased under the glass floor and lists the names of all contributors along with photographs of the Holocaust victims. The cost of the monument is approximately 1.4 million dollars. The names of the major contributors are inscribed on the "Wall of Remembrance". The monument was presented as a gift to the people of California and the nation. IAS files contain a booklet entitled "If We Don't Remember, Who Will?" and information from a book entitled "The Texture of Memory" by James E. Young dated 1993. IAS files also contain a newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Times dated June 12, 1991.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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