Showing Results 1 - 4 of 4
Restricted
Image
The Hall of Remembrance is the main site for memorial ceremonies in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Built of basalt and concrete, it offers a somber contrast with the many buildings in Israel that are made of…
Contributor:
Aryeh Elhanani
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1961
Categories:
Restricted
Text
1
Mr. Beringer, whose son
fell at the Canal that strangers dug
so ships could cross the desert,
crosses my path at Jaffa Gate.
He has grown very thin, has lost
the weight of his son.
That’s why he…
Contributor:
Yehuda Amichai
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1974
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Remembrance was commissioned by Congregation Agudas Achim in Bexley, Ohio. The nine-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicts smoke rising from a crematorium, intertwined with the arm of a survivor…
Contributor:
Alfred Tibor
Places:
Columbus, United States of America
Date:
1974
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Survivors Are Not Heroes stands five meters tall on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Etrog intended the bronze sculpture to serve as a critique of traditional war memorials, which…
Contributor:
Sorel Etrog
Places:
Toronto, Canada
Date:
1967