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Holocaust Gates, (sculpture). Artist:  Ciesluk, Karl, sculptor. Title:  Holocaust Gates, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Holocaust Memorial Arch, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled July-Sept. 1986. Dedicated April 24, 1988. Medium:  Sculpture: bronzed jackets; Base: wrought iron. Inscription:  (On back:) Holocaust/Memorial/Artist:/Karl Ciesluk/1988 (On back of jackets:) Treblinka Auschwitz Dachau Majdanek Buchenwald Bergen-Belsen Description:  Six authentic concentration camp jackets have been bronzed and are arranged semi-circular fashion against wrought iron bars over the gates at the entrance to the library. Subject:  History -- Europe -- Holocaust Ethnic -- Hebrew Dress Allegory -- Place -- Treblinka Allegory -- Place -- Auschwitz Allegory -- Place -- Dachau Allegory -- Place -- Majdanek Allegory -- Place -- Buchenwald Allegory -- Place -- Bergen-Belsen Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Bayonne Arch Gate Sculpture Owner:  Free Public Library & Cultural Center of Bayonne, N.J., Director's Office, 697 Avenue C, Mary Griffith Peters Sculpture Garden, Bayonne, New Jersey 07002 Remarks:  Funded with private donations. The six jackets of concentration camp victims are symbolic of the six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis. On the back of the jackets are the names of the six most infamous concentration camps. IAS files contain a related article from The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ), Bayonne Edition, April 22, 1988, pg. 1, 6; and a copy of the dedication program. Inscription on nearby plaque reads: "To Give to Bigotry/No Sanction..."/(George Washington)/This memorial to the victims/of the Holocaust (1939-1945)/is dedicated by Citizens of/Bayonne, New Jersey to Affirm/Our Humanity and Repudiate/Intolerance/Ruth Preminger/Chairman, Holocaust Memorial/Dennis P. Collins/Mayor/April 1988. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996. 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 NJ000210   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000210 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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