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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, and Clerk of the Court Harold J. Reynolds conceived the idea of creating a Holocaust memorial monument at the Appellate Division courthouse.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cummings |first=Cecilia |date=1988-07-27 |title=A MEMORIAL TO HOLOCAUST IS APPROVED |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/27/nyregion/a-memorial-to-holocaust-is-approved.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Ms. Feigenbaum won the 1988 competition to design the memorial, with a proposal to feature a replica of an aerial photograph of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] taken by American planes as they bombed German oil factories nearby on August 25, 1944. The photos are significant because of the [[Auschwitz bombing debate]] as they demonstrate that U.S. planes had the ability to bomb the death camp.<ref name="WymanInstitute.org">{{cite web |title=Wyman Institute Briefs Congress on U.S. Failure to Bomb Auschwitz |url=http://www.WymanInstitute.org}}</ref> |
Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, and Clerk of the Court Harold J. Reynolds conceived the idea of creating a Holocaust memorial monument at the Appellate Division courthouse.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cummings |first=Cecilia |date=1988-07-27 |title=A MEMORIAL TO HOLOCAUST IS APPROVED |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/27/nyregion/a-memorial-to-holocaust-is-approved.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Ms. Feigenbaum won the 1988 competition to design the memorial, with a proposal to feature a replica of an aerial photograph of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] taken by American planes as they bombed German oil factories nearby on August 25, 1944. The photos are significant because of the [[Auschwitz bombing debate]] as they demonstrate that U.S. planes had the ability to bomb the death camp.<ref name="WymanInstitute.org">{{cite web |title=Wyman Institute Briefs Congress on U.S. Failure to Bomb Auschwitz |url=http://www.WymanInstitute.org}}</ref> |
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==Sculpture== |
==Sculpture== |
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The sculpture is titled ''Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust''. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs describes it as "a six-sided half column rising 27 feet above its base.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York City Department of Cultural Affairs|url= https://www.nyc.gov/site/dclapercentforart/projects/projects-detail.page?recordID=90}}</ref> The five-sided concave base extends one story below ground level, the overall height of the Memorial being 38 feet. Carvings of flames along the length of the column recall the flames of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. They appear to blow in the direction of the courthouse as if to threaten the symbol of Justice. A relief of an aerial view of the main camp at Auschwitz is carved into the base at eye level...On the base under the relief is a giant flame extending below ground level as a final reminder of Crematorium 1 at Auschwitz." The words "Indifference to Injustice is the Gate to Hell" are engraved around the image. |
The sculpture is titled ''Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust''. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs describes it as "a six-sided half column rising 27 feet above its base.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York City Department of Cultural Affairs|url= https://www.nyc.gov/site/dclapercentforart/projects/projects-detail.page?recordID=90}}</ref> The five-sided concave base extends one story below ground level, the overall height of the Memorial being 38 feet. Carvings of flames along the length of the column recall the flames of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. They appear to blow in the direction of the courthouse as if to threaten the symbol of Justice. A relief of an aerial view of the main camp at Auschwitz is carved into the base at eye level...On the base under the relief is a giant flame extending below ground level as a final reminder of Crematorium 1 at Auschwitz." The words "Indifference to Injustice is the Gate to Hell" are engraved around the image. Justice Murphy and Mr. Reynolds wrote the inscription.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Feigenbaum's carving noted five of the specific points within the Auschwitz camp that were visible in the original photograph: Torture Chamber, Execution Wall, Gas Chamber and Crematorium 1, Commandant's House. |
Feigenbaum's carving noted five of the specific points within the Auschwitz camp that were visible in the original photograph: Torture Chamber, Execution Wall, Gas Chamber and Crematorium 1, Commandant's House. |
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The Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust in New York City is a sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, on the side of the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, at Madison Avenue and 25th Street in Manhattan, United States.
Background
Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, and Clerk of the Court Harold J. Reynolds conceived the idea of creating a Holocaust memorial monument at the Appellate Division courthouse.[1] Ms. Feigenbaum won the 1988 competition to design the memorial, with a proposal to feature a replica of an aerial photograph of the Auschwitz concentration camp taken by American planes as they bombed German oil factories nearby on August 25, 1944. The photos are significant because of the Auschwitz bombing debate as they demonstrate that U.S. planes had the ability to bomb the death camp.[2]
Sculpture
The sculpture is titled Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs describes it as "a six-sided half column rising 27 feet above its base.[3] The five-sided concave base extends one story below ground level, the overall height of the Memorial being 38 feet. Carvings of flames along the length of the column recall the flames of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. They appear to blow in the direction of the courthouse as if to threaten the symbol of Justice. A relief of an aerial view of the main camp at Auschwitz is carved into the base at eye level...On the base under the relief is a giant flame extending below ground level as a final reminder of Crematorium 1 at Auschwitz." The words "Indifference to Injustice is the Gate to Hell" are engraved around the image. Justice Murphy and Mr. Reynolds wrote the inscription.[1]
Feigenbaum's carving noted five of the specific points within the Auschwitz camp that were visible in the original photograph: Torture Chamber, Execution Wall, Gas Chamber and Crematorium 1, Commandant's House.
References
- ^ a b Cummings, Cecilia (1988-07-27). "A MEMORIAL TO HOLOCAUST IS APPROVED". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ "Wyman Institute Briefs Congress on U.S. Failure to Bomb Auschwitz".
- ^ "New York City Department of Cultural Affairs".