Home
   Under Reconstruction!
Art Alone

Img. ID: 87861

© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2011

Memorial name

The Last Train

Who is Commemorated?

Venitian Jews killed in the Holocaust

Description

This memorial, set into a wall within the New Jewish Ghetto of Venice, focuses on a bronze bas-relief depicting streams of Jewish victims flowing from three boxcars to nazi soldiers in the foreground. the details and faces of those depicted on relief are intentionally left blurred. it is a depiction of a painting the artist of the relief, Arbit Blatas, created in 1980, also called The Last Train

The relief is set on an iron grate, behind which are large wooden boards that are lined horizontally, and are carved with the 246 names of Jews who were deported from the Venitian Ghetto during the Holocaust.

Inscription

[List of Names]

Donated by

The artist of the piece, Arbit Blatas

Name/Title
The Last Train Holocaust Memorial in The Ghetto Nuevo in Venice | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
1993
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Italy | Veneto | Venice
| Ghetto Nuevo
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
T | Train
J | Jews
|
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
|
Author of description
|
Architectural Drawings
|
Computer Reconstruction
|
Section Head
|
Language Editor
|
Donor
|
Negative/Photo. No.
A307553.jpg