Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust, (sculpture).

Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust, (sculpture).

Sauber, Gladys, sculptor.

Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust, (sculpture).

We Remember, We Mourn, We Hope, (sculpture).

1979-1981. Dedicated Sept. 13, 1981.

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Black Vermont granite, plants, light, barbed wire and concrete.

Overall: approx. W. 45 ft. x Diam. 45 ft.; Each column: approx. H. 9 1/2 ft. x W. 45 in.

(On platform, incised letters:) HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE! (names of the thirty-eight death camps appear in alphabetical order, one on each step) (names of Holocaust victims appear on the inscription plaques embedded in the mound) unsigned

A memorial consisting of an outline of the Star of David in black Vermont granite embedded in a circular foundation. At each of the six points of the star there is a square black column with a black cube balanced on top. In the center of the star there is a mound of earth, covered with plants. Embedded in the mound are inscription plaques and five small sets of stairs which ascend to a platform containing an eternal light in the center. Barbed wire stretches down each set of stairs.

History -- Europe -- Holocaust

Ethnic -- Hebrew

Emblem -- Star of David

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Reistertown

Administered by Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Avenue, Reistertown, Maryland

Located cemetery on Berryman's Lane about 1/2 mile off of Reistertown Road, Reistertown, Maryland

IAS files contain a transcription of the names of the thirty-eight death camps inscribed on the steps and a partial transcription of the names on the inscription plaques embedded in the mound.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.

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