Oregon Holocaust Memorial

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Oregon Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust
UnveiledAugust 29, 2004
Locationnear 
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]

Design

The memorial features a stone bench with

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 Coldspring Granite Company provided granite for the memorial.[11]

History

The memorial was vandalized in 2021.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Portland Parks & Recreation. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Walsh Construction Company. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. 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. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  4. ^ Dungca, Nicole (August 30, 2009). "Survivors honor fifth anniversary of Portland's Holocaust memorial". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4000-0733-2. Archived
    from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  6. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (3)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  7. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (1)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  8. ^ Cox, Randy (August 30, 2009). "Holocaust Survivors At Memorial (4)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  9. ^ Baker, Jeff (November 1, 2010). "Miriam Greenstein turns Holocaust nightmares into art". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  10. ^ Ryan, Alison (August 29, 2005). "Year after unveiling, Oregon Holocaust Memorial designers revisit their work". AllBusiness.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Haist, Paul. "Work begins on long delayed Oregon Holocaust Memorial". Jewish Review. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  12. ^ "Nazi swastikas scrawled across Oregon Holocaust Memorial in SW Portland". The Oregonian. 2021-05-03. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.

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