Obj. ID: 46183
Memorials  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Bernasconi, Argentina, 1962

Who is Commemorated?

The Six Million Jewish Victims of the Holocaust

Description

This memorial, covered in white plaster, is composed of three components: a main trapezoidal segment, with two wings, protruding slightly forward, from it. The central segment has a trapezoid section cut out of its center with a candle placed within it, a plaque beneath it, and a circle cut out of the portion above it. Both wings are shorter than the main segment and have blue Magen Davids painted at their tops.

Inscriptions

In Hebrew:

זכרון הקדושים
ולוחמי הגטאות

Translation: In the memory of martyrs and fighters of the ghettoes 

In Spanish:

Homenaje a los seis millones de víctimas Judías
Comunidad Israelita
Bernasconi y Colonia Narcisse Levin
Octubre 1962

Translation: Tribute to the six million Jewish victims / Bernasconi Jewish Community and Narcisse Levin Colony / October 1962

Commissioned by

The Bernasconi Jewish Community and the Narcisse Levin Colony