Oregon Holocaust Memorial

Oregon Holocaust Memorial
Oregon Holocaust Memorial
Oregon
Pdx washpark holocaustmemorial suitcase.jpeg
Everyday items like this suitcase symbolize life interrupted
For victims of the Holocaust
Unveiled August 29, 2004
Location near Portland, Oregon

The Oregon Holocaust Memorial is an outdoor memorial dedicated to victims of the Holocaust.[1] Located in Portland, Oregon's Washington Park, the memorial was dedicated on August 29, 2004. Owned by the American Jewish Committee and constructed by Atlas Landscape Architecture and the Walsh Construction Company, the idea for a memorial was proposed in 1994 by Alice Kern and a local group of Holocaust survivors that met through the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.[2][3][4] According to Fodor's, the memorial is open daily from dawn to dusk and admission is free of charge.[5]

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Design

The memorial features a stone bench with wrought iron gating around a cobblestone circle. Scattered bronzes of common objects such as shoes, glasses, and a suitcase represent items left behind by those persecuted during the Holocaust. A cobblestone walkway, with granite bars simulating railroad tracks, leads to a wall containing a history of the Holocaust as well as quotes from survivors.[1][6] The memorial also contains a "soil vault panel", which covers soil and ash from six extermination camps of the Holocaust (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bełżec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Treblinka, and Sobibor) brought back by local residents.[3][7] Engraved on the back of the wall are the names of people who died in the camps, as well as the names of their surviving relatives in Oregon and Southwest Washington.[1][8] Author and designer John Laursen created the lettering for the memorial.[9] Other design team members included artists Tad Savinar and Paul Sutinen, landscape architects John Warner, Marianne Zarkin and Marlene Salon, and historian Marshall Lee.[10]

Construction

The total estimated cost of construction was $800,000, funded by grants and private donations.[11] The primary contractor for the project was Oregon's Walsh Construction Company. Minnesota-based Cold Spring Granite Company provided granite for the memorial.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Portland Parks & Recreation. http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=1330. Retrieved February 27, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Walsh Construction Company. http://www.walshconstructionco.com/our_projects_detail.aspx?projID=63. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Pitz, Ray (November 4, 2010). "Married Holocaust survivors share their horrific and miraculous stories". Beaverton Valley Times (Pamplin Media Group). http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/print_story.php?story_id=128888803907963300. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  4. ^ Dungca, Nicole (August 30, 2009). "Survivors honor fifth anniversary of Portland's Holocaust memorial". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/survivors_honor_fifth_annivers.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  5. ^ Wechter, Eric B. (2008). Fodor's Pacific Northwest. Random House. p. 33. ISBN 9781400007332. http://books.google.com/books?id=hz2Tpvw_cwcC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  6. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (3)". The Oregonian. http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2009/08/holocaust_survivors_at_memoria_3.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  7. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (1)". The Oregonian. http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2009/08/holocaust_survivors_at_memoria_1.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  8. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (4)". The Oregonian. http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2009/08/holocaust_survivors_at_memoria_4.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  9. ^ Baker, Jeff (November 1, 2010). "Miriam Greenstein turns Holocaust nightmares into art". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/11/miriam_greenstein_turns_holoca.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  10. ^ Ryan, Alison (August 29, 2005). "Year after unveiling, Oregon Holocaust Memorial designers revisit their work". AllBusiness.com. http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-oregon/1057972-1.html. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Haist, Paul. "Work begins on long delayed Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Jewish Review. http://www.jewishreview.org/node/7736. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 

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