Obj. ID: 53707
Memorials Holocaust Memorial 2 at the Jewish Zionist Center of Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica
Name of Monument
No official name
What / Who is commemorated?
Six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Description
Six dark plaques are arranged horizontally, with their flat edges touching. This allows the inner point to a void in the shape of a Magen David. The design is very similar to the Monument to the Jewish Soldiers and Partisans in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Inscriptions
On the left wall of the memorial, in Hebrew:
ונתתי להם בביתי ובחומותי יד ושם טוב
מבנים ומבות שם עולם אתן לו אשר לא יכרת
Translation:
On the right wall of the memorial, in Hebrew:
יזכר
Translation: Remember!
In Spanish:
A la memoria de
Seis millones de Nuestros Hermanos
asesinados por la barbarie nazi.
Su recuerdo permitirá que un
genocidio así no se repita.
Nunca Jamas
Translation: In memory of six million of our Brothers murdered by Nazi barbarism. Their memory will ensure that such a genocide never happens again. Never Again.
Commissioned by
TBD
