Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial

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Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust

The Holocaust Memorial in

Serpentine Lake,[1] in The Dell, an open-air area within the park. Since its unveiling in 1983 remembrance services have taken place at the memorial every year.[3]

Construction and unveiling

The memorial was built in 1983, funded by the

Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding. Attended by a crowd of 500 spectators including Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Jenkin described the memorial as "a reminder of the past and a warning for the future."[4] The attending guests then sang hymns and "Adon Olam", a Sabbath
hymn.

The then-shadow Environment Secretary Gerald Kaufman, whose grandmother was murdered by the Nazis in Poland, also stated that "the memorial was essential because the German responsibility was partly shared by other countries."[4]

Design

The inscription on the face of the memorial, quoting the Book of Lamentations in Hebrew and English.

The memorial consists of two boulders lying within a gravel bed, surrounded by a copse of

silver birch trees. It is inscribed in both English and Hebrew with the words "For these I weep. Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people"[1] which is a quotation from the Book of Lamentations.[4]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Monuments in Hyde Park". The Royal Parks. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cooke (2000), pp. 449–465.
  3. ^ a b "National Memorial". Yomhashoah UK. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d "Garden in London's Hyde Park is Britain's Holocaust Memorial". JTA. 28 June 1983. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

Written works

  • Cooke, Steven (July 2000). "Negotiating memory and identity : the Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial, London". Journal of Historical Geography. 26 (3). Academic Press: 449–465. .

External links

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