New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston


Related person
Natalie Martinez (was created by)
Description
"The design utilizes uniquely powerful symbols of the Holocaust. The Memorial features six luminous glass towers, each 54 feet high. The towers are lit internally to gleam at night. They are set on a black granite path, each one over a dark chamber which carries the name of one of the principal Nazi death camps. Smoke rises from charred embers at the bottom of these chambers. Six million numbers are etched in glass in an orderly pattern, suggesting the infamous tattooed numbers and ghostly ledgers of the Nazi bureaucracy. Evocative and rich in metaphor, the six towers recall the six main death camps, the six million Jews who died, or a menorah of memorial candles." --http://www.nehm.com/intro.html Keywords: United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, ceremonial and/or religious structures, views. Submitted by Natalie Martinez.
Style/Period
1990s (1990 - 1999)
Material
patterned glass