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AUSTRALIA, Perth,
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CUBA,
Guanabacoa
(East Havana), on the grounds of the United Hebrew Congregation Centro Macabeo of Cuba Cemetery (founded in 1910) in Guanabacoa. The gate photo is of the main (and only) entrance to the Ashkenazi cemetery. The inscription (in Spanish) reads: "Honoring their memory in this place are buried several bars of soap made from Hebrew human fat, part of the six million victims of Nazi barbarism that occurred in the twentieth century. Peace to their remains." |
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CUBA,
Guanabacoa
(East Havana), on the grounds of the Union Hebrea Chevat Achim Sephardic Cemetery (founded in 1914), very close to the grounds of the United Hebrew Congregation Centro Macabeo of Cuba Cemetery in Guanabacoa. The gate photo is of the main entrance to the cemetery. The inscription (in Spanish), in part, reads: "The Hebrews of Cuba dedicate this monument to...of the....in memory of the millions of brothers sacrificed because of the Nazi Fascist barbarism, during.....in Europe. "The monument was dedicated in March
1947. |
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CUBA,
Santa Clara, The inscription (in Spanish) reads: "Survivors faded, sculpted in bronze the tenacious Jewish promise. Always remember and sing melodies that add up to six million." |
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U.S., CALIFORNIA,
San Francisco, on the grounds of the Legion of Honor Museum. |
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U.S., CONNECTICUT, New Haven, The memorial, dedicated in 1977, was built on public parkland. A box containing ashes and dirt from Auschwitz was buried at the ground-breaking ceremony by local Holocaust survivors. |
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U.S., FLORIDA, Miami Beach, A small number of Holocaust survivors formed a committee in 1984 with the intention of creating a permanent memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. A private non-profit organization was formed a year later, and a site was found for the memorial in Miami Beach on Meridian and Dade Avenues. Read more about the memorial by clicking here. |
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U.S.,
LOUISIANA, New Orleans, |
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U.S., MARYLAND,
Baltimore, found on the corner of Lombard and S. Gay Streets. |
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U.S., NEBRASKA,
Lincoln, The Memorial was dedicated in April 2007. The artist for the Memorial is Morton Katz of Canada. The sponsoring organization is the Heartland Holocaust Education Fund which was started by Sam (a Holocaust survivor) and Frances Fried. Their fund is administered by the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation and provides financial support to Holocaust education programs in universities, middle and high schools. |
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U.S., NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Manchester, found in the garden of Temple Adath Yeshurun. |
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U.S., OHIO,
Cleveland, dedicated on May 25, 1961 and located in Zion Memorial Park Cemetery.
In 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio the Kol Israel
Foundation, an organization of survivors of the Holocaust, erected a
granite monument - what may have been the first free-standing community
memorial to the Shoah. In 1997 a |
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U.S.,
PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, |
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U.S.,
PENNSYLVANIA, Williamsport, |
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