Obj. ID: 47082
Modern Jewish Art  Holocaust Memorial Plaque in the Forest Hills Jewish Center, Queens, NY, USA

To the main object: Forest Hills Jewish Center, Queens, NY, USA

Who is Commemorated?

The six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

Description

 This memorial plaque is shaped from bronze, with projecting inscriptions and images of polished bronze.

At the top of the plaque is a dedicatory inscription, above a relief of six figures making their way through a burning bush (interpretation by the author of the description). Beneath the figures is a quote from Ezekiel 37 in Hebrew and English, and the bottom frame of the plaque depicts flames reaching up toward the quote.

Attached to the memorial is a sponsor plaque, also of bronze.

Inscription

Plaque:

In remembrance of the six million

who perished in the Holocaust

-

כה אמר אדני ה' מארבע רוחות באי הרוח

ופחי בהרוגים האלה ויחיו     - יחזקל לז

Thus saith the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath,

and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.     -Ezekiel 37

Donation sub-plaque:

Donated by

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Korn

Commissioned by

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Korn