Obj. ID: 44874  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Paraná, Argentina, 1950s

Who is Commemorated?

Jews killed during the Holocaust

Description

This memorial sits on a large platform of brick with white-plastered sides. The platform is large enough to have small trees planted within it, and still has space for a person to walk around the memorial.

The memorial itself is either made of or paneled with dark grey stone (granite?) and is made of two parts. A trapezoidal base, with a rectangular notch, carved out of the front center of it, with a rectangular stele sitting atop it.

The notch in the trapezoid contains three steps leading to the memorial, though they seem symbolic rather than functional.

The stele has a plaque attached above where the trapezoids notch is, and has a three-step pyramidal shape as a cap, upon which sits a round stone of a lighter color, and a Magen David sitting atop that.

Inscriptions

In Spanish:

La comunidad Israelita de Paraná
erige este
monumento recordatorio
en memoria de los mártires que fueron
masacrados en los países de Europa durante
los años de la guerra mundial 1939-1945

Translation: The Paraná Jewish community erects this monument in memory of the martyrs who were massacred in the countries of Europe during the years of the World War 1939-1945

In Spanish:

Creación del escultor
Israel Hoffmann

Translation: Creation of sculptor Israel Hoffmann

Commissioned by

Jewish community (?)