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    		• Goldsmith, Charles,
     
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    Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tibor, Alfred, 1920-2017, sculptor.
    Goldsmith, Charles, architect.
    Title: 
    Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Zachor-Remember, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990. Dedicated April 22, 1990.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with dark brown patina; Base: polished black granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 x Diam. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base of the Eternal Light:) A. Tibor '90 (On base:) IN MEMORY/OF MORE THAN/6 MILLION JEWS/WHO PERISHED/AT THE HANDS OF/THE NAZIS/WHILE THE WORLD/WATCHED..../WHILE THE WORLD LISTENED..../AND REMAINED SILENT/1933-1945/DEDICATED/APRIL 22, 1990 (Remaining five sides of sculpture contain lists of place names.) signed
    Description: 
    Sculpture consists of ten figures engulfed in a flame. The figures are robust in appearance and seem to be rising out of the flame. A maternal figure dominates the top of the piece; she looks upward with upstretched arms. At the rear, an old man falls into the fire but not before handing the Torah to a young man who ascends from the flame. The sculpture stands on a hexagonal base. In front of the base is a gas-fed eternal flame. The whole work rests on a concrete mound whose pock-marked appearance represents bullet holes.
    Subject: 
    History -- Europe -- Holocaust
    Ethnic -- Hebrew
    Figure group
    Religion
    Allegory -- Other -- Survival
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Clearwater
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Temple B'Nai Israel, 1685 South Belcher Road, Clearwater, Florida 33546
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Holocaust Committee of the Temple B'Nai Israel. The idea for the memorial was initiated in 1988. The artist is himself a Holocaust survivor. The sculpture is illuminated at night with four floodlights and the eternal flame is lit on the Sabbath and on Holy Days. There are ten figures at the request of the Temple, for ten or "Minyan" in Jewish symbolism represents a congregational whole. The six figures who are directly enflamed represent the six million Jews lost in the Holocaust. IAS files include a related article from the "Jewish Press of Pinellas County," (Florida), April 6, 1990 and additional information.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1994.
    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 FL000208
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