As the child of Holocaust survivors, I have been keenly aware of this Jewish and human tragedy since I was of school-age. Now at the age of 52, I see the youngest of the survivors reach old age and die. My own mother recently passed away at age 86 and thankfully she shared her story with me over the years.
There is an urgency to document and record the stories not only of suffering and brutality, but also strength, courage and survival. Such projects are an ongoing focus of many Holocaust related museums and institutions around the world.
As one who has a personal and professional interest in genealogy, I have had on my ‘to-do’ list a project to record my parents’ and grandparents’ experiences during the Shoah and afterward.
another project that I am pursuing in my spare-time is the identification and recording of known Holocaust related monuments, memorials, gardens, museums and libraries in North America. As a former archivist, I understood the need to find, organize and make this information accessible.
The geographic scope of the project includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Thus far, I have identified more than 300 sites. The database includes the group or agency responsible for each site, artist when applicable, date of creation, and other details. I include photographs wherever possible.
Many of sites identified so far are large-scale, well-known and in public spaces. Others are smaller in scale and found in Jewish cemeteries, on the grounds of synagogues and Jewish community centers. I was pleased to find sites in Central America and the Caribbean.
There have been similar attempts to create such a database, and I am hoping to collaborate with the groups or people sponsoring them to develop as comprehensive a database as possible. I invite readers to check my list and contact me with locations not yet recorded. While the list is fairly comprehensive already, I’m sure there are many, many sites that I am missing. Access the list here: http://jpreisler.com/HolocaustMemorialsNorthAmerica.pdf
Please send additions, photos and any corrections to me at: jhp1963@yahoo.com!
Photograph above: Holocaust Memorial Garden designed by Tobi Kahn for the JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, New Jersey (1997)
Holocaust Memorials, Statues & Museums in North and Central
Compiled by Julian H. Preisler
This is a growing list which will be added to as time permits United States of America
AK – at present there is no Holocaust memorial in the state. A Jewish Museum in Anchorage opening in 2013 will have a Holocaust Resource Center
AL, Birmingham – Holocaust Education Center AL, Birmingham – Temple Emanu-El – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, sculptor Cordray Parker, 1982, donated by Dorothy Steiner
AL, Birmingham – Kelly Ingram Park – Roots of Courage, Branches of Hope – Horse Chestnut Tree and Plaque, donated by Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Public Library, 16th Street Baptist Church, Jewish Federation & BHEC, 2010
AL, Demopolis – Holocaust Memorial located at the Jewish Cemetery, donated by Mary Louis and Bert Rosenbush
AL, Dothan – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture at Temple Emanu-El
AR – at present there is no Holocaust memorial in the state. There is an Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee as part of state government. A sapling from the tree in front of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam was donated and will be planed at the Clinton Library with a memorial included
AZ, Chandler – The Holocaust & Tolerance Museum
AZ, Green Valley – Green Valley Cemetery – Jewish Section – Holocaust Monument, 2012
AZ, Phoenix – Beth El Cemetery 2300 W. Van Buren, Holocaust Memorial, Photo credit: DM & TV from Waymarking.com P
AZ, Phoenix – Congregation Beth El – Holocaust Memorial @ synagogue courtyard, 1981, Gale DuBrow sculptor, rededicated 2009, Photo credit: DM & TV from Waymarking.com P
AZ, Phoenix – Beth Israel Memorial Park, Holocaust Memorial, Photo credit: DM & TV from Waymarking.com P
AZ, Sun City – Holocaust Memorial @ Sunland Memorial Park Cemetery, Photo credit: DM & TV from Waymarking.com P
AZ, Tucson – Jewish Community Center – Holocaust Memorial by Ami Shamir
AZ, Tucson – U of Arizona Meyer Agron Student Center – Driftwood Sculpture Holocaust Memorial, Edmund Beir, 1986, meant to symbolize how the Jews have been tossed around like driftwood throughout history.
CA, Fullerton – Temple Beth Tikvah 2011, Holocaust Memorial and Garden
CA, Hollywood – Beth Olam Cemetery. 2000, six channel fountain in the ground with symbolic tree stump, bronze plaque
CA, Irvine – Merage JCC of Orange County – Holocaust Memorial Garden
CA, Los Angeles – Mount Sinai Memorial Park – “Memorial to the Six Million” 1966 Bernard Zackheim, Gravel garden with two dozen concrete markers denoting the names of concentration camps, ghettos and killing centers, six large wooden sculptures and an eternal flame.
CA, Los Angeles – The Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance
CA, Los Angeles – Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, f. 1961, bldg 2010 Pan Pacific Park, Martyr’s Memorial
CA, Los Angeles – Sondra Smalley Family Sculpture Garden – Holocaust Sculpture by George Rickey 1985
CA, Los Angeles – Cedars-Sinai Hospital – Feintech Family Holocaust Memorial Water Sculpture “North of Yesterday”, 1988
CA, Lo Jolla – Lawrence Family JCC, Holocaust Memorial sculpture & Garden 1999 CA, Los Gatos – Holocaust Memorial
CA, Oakland – Beth Jacob Congregation – Holocaust Memorial inside
CA, Oakland – Temple Sinai – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Peter Boiger, 1991
CA, Ontario – Temple Sholom – Holocaust Memorial, 2003, by Jeffrey Schrier
CA, Palm Desert – Civic Center Park CA, Rohnert Park – Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove @ Sonoma State Univ.
CA, Sacramento – Home of Peace Cemetery P CA, San Diego – former East County JCC, a Holocaust sculpture in a fenced garden once existed here CA, San Diego – JCC Holocaust Memorial & Garden
CA, San Diego Beth Shalom – Holocaust Sculpture, 2004 Laurie Gross CA, San Francisco – Palace of Legion of Honor – Lincoln Park
CA, San Francisco – Eternal Home Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial (Colma) P
CA, San Francisco – Salem Memorial Park – Holocaust Memorial (Colma), Photo Credit: James Carlson P
CA, San Francisco – The Holocaust Center of Northern California
CA, Valley Village – Temple Shaarey Zedeck – Holocaust Sculpture, 2000 Mario Jason
CO, Denver – Babi Yar/Genocide Victims Memorial
CO, Denver – University of Denver Holocaust Memorial Action Site 2010
CO, Denver – Hillel Academy – Memorial to the Holocaust & Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, The Club of New Americans, 1967
CT, Fairfield – Fairfield University Canisius Hall Holocaust Sculpture, 1982 Larry Mohr
CT, Glenville – Riverside Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial CT, Hartford – Tikvoh Chadosho Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial. Tower Avenue P
CT, Hartford – Wolkowysker Society Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial. Tower Avenue P
CT, Manchester – Beth Sholom Cemetery Holocaust Memorial P CT, Manchester – Illing Junior high School – Children’s Holocaust Memorial Garden, 2011
CT, New Haven – Holocaust Memorial @ Edgewood Park, 1st such memorial on public land 1977 P
CT, New Haven – Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University, Sterling Library
CT, Stors – U of Connecticut – Thomas J. Dodd Research Center – Holocaust Sculpture, 1997 by sculptor Dana Baldwin Naumann, “Holocaust: Never Again…Never Forget”
CT, West Haven – Shara Torah Cemetery Holocaust Memorial P
CT, West Hartford – JCC – Holocaust Memorial 1981 sculptor Elbert Weinberg
CT, West Hartford – Chabad House Holocaust Memorial DC, Washington – Garden of the Righteous 1992 – Adas Israel Congregation
DC, Washington – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1993
DE, Wilmington – Congregation Beth Emeth – Schenker Holocaust Memorial Garden & Blumenfeld Path of the Righteous Gentile, sculpture by David Klass, dedicated 2008 P
DE, Wilmington – Beth Emeth Memorial Park – Holocaust Memorial
DE, Wilmington – JCC – Children’s Holocaust Memorial by Aharon Bezalel also a separate Garden of the Righteous Gentiles which was the first in the USA.
DE, Wilmington – Holocaust Memorial @ Freedom Plaza aka Spencer Plaza (French St bet. 8Th & 9th Sts), 1979 by Elbert Weinberg
FL, Boca Raton – Temple Beth Shalom Holocaust Memorial Garden 2000
FL, Boca Raton – Boca Raton Synagogue – Holocaust Garden & Memorial,
FL, Boca Raton – B’nai Torah Holocaust Sculpture, 1992 by sculptor Faye Grajower
FL, Boca Raton – Century Village Congregation Torah Ohr, memorial on building with small garden
FL, Century Village West – Temple Beth Shalom, 1987 Irwin Hyman
FL, Clearwater – Temple B’nai Israel Holocaust Memorial, 1990 Alfred Tibor
FL, Davie – Holocaust Learning Center @ David PosnackJCC
FL, Deerfield Beach – Temple Beth Israel Holocaust Monument, 1998
FL, Deerfield Beach – Young Israel Congregation
FL, Delray Beach – Cong. Anshei Sholom – Holocaust Memorial & Garden
FL, Gainesville – Holocaust Memorial @ B’nai Israel Cemetery
FL, Hollywood – Holocaust Survivor and Documentation Center
FL, Hollywood – Beth David Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
FL, Lantana – Palm Beach Memorial Gardens
FL, Leesburg – Hillcrest Memorial Gardens – Jewish Section – Holocaust Memorial, 1998
FL, Miami Beach – Temple Beth Raphael – former synagogue now used as a private residence once was considered the only building dedicated to memorialize & remember the Holocaust. Most of the facade was decorated and worded in such a way to be a memorial.
FL, Miami Beach – The Holocaust Memorial P
FL, Naples – The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, 2001
FL, North Lauderdale – Star of David Cemetery Holocaust Memorial
FL, North Miami Beach – Temple Sinai of North Dade – Holocaust Memorial to the Children P
FL, North Miami Beach – Riverside Gordon Memorial Cemetery (formerly Shalom Memorial Gardens) – There is a Ben Gurion Section for Holocaust Survivors 15700 NE 18th Avenue
FL, Orlando – Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida – Maitland
FL, Orlando – Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation – Holocaust memorial – a mobile tile memorial in process of being contructed. Boy Scout project.
FL, Port Richey – Jewish Community Center of West Pasco – B’nai Tefillah P
FL, Sarasota – Temple Beth Shalom Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial Garden, 1993 Men’s Club
FL, St. Petersburg – The Florida Holocaust Museum
FL, Venice – Jewish Congregation of Venice – Memorial Park – Holocaust Memorial Plaque
FL, West Palm Beach – Temple Beth El – Holocaust Memorial Garden 2012 FL, West Palm Beach – Star of David Cemetery – Holocaust Survivor Section
FL, Weston – Menorah Gardens Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
GA, Alpharetta – Congregation Gesher L’Torah – Holocaust Memorial Wall; Monument to the Righteous Gentiles; and Holocaust Education Center
GA, Atlanta – Greenwood Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, Photo Credit: Byron Hooks P
GA, Atlanta – Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden @ MJCCA Zaban Park
GA, Atlanta – Living Holocaust Memorial Garden (2008)
GA, Atlanta – William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
GA, Fitzgerald – Evergreen Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
GA, Kennesaw – Kennesaw State University – Museum of History & Holocaust Education
GA, Marietta – Congregation Etz Chaim – Holocaust Memorial Garden, (1990’s)
GA, Savannah – Bonaventure Cemetery. Holocaust Memorial
HI – there is no known Holocaust memorial or monument in Hawaii
IA, Des Moines – Holocaust Memorial Capitol Complex
IA, Harlan – Harlan Community High School – Six Million Rock Holocaust Memorial (2009)
ID, Boise – Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 South 8th Street (2002) – Photo Credit: Larry Wilson P
IL, Arlington Heights – Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial (1995)
IL, Chicago – Paul and Gabriella rosenbaum holocaust Survivor’s Garden, Michigan Avenue
IL, Chicago – Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Pinsker Victims Holocaust Memorial
IL, Chicago – Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Stashover Verein Holocaust Memorial
IL, Chicago – Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Chenstochower Society Holocaust Memorial
IL, Chicago – Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries – Motol Holocaust Memorial IL, Chicago – New Light Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
IL, Chicago – Oak Woods Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, by Congregation RodfeiZedeck
IL, Peoria – Holocaust Memorial – The Shoppes at Grand Prairie
IL, Skokie – Holocaust Memorial (1987) P
IL, Skokie – The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
IN, Fort Wayne – Congregation AchduthVesholom. Holocaust Sculpture, 1986, Nancy McCroskey
IN, Indianapolis – Albert and Sara Reuben Holocaust Memorial Garden & Monument – JCC
IN, South Bend – Unity Gardens Holocaust Memorial Garden
IN, Terre Haute – Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center
KS, Overland Park – Midwest Center for Holocaust Education – part of the greater Kansas City, Missouri area
KS, Overland Park – JCC Holocaust Memorial KS, Topeka – Holocaust Memorial
KY, Louisville – The Temple-Adath Israel Brith Sholom – Holocaust Sculpture, Craig Kaviar
KY, Louisville – The Ernie Marx and Ilse Meyer Holocaust Education Fund
LA, Alexandria – Holocaust Memorial, begun in 2013, to be at 4th & Elliott Streets
LA, New Orelans – Holocaust memorial in Woldenburg Park along the Mississippi River
MD, Baltimore – Holocaust Memorial, 1997 Gay & Lombard Streets
MD, Baltimore – Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery @ Berryman’s Lane. Holocaust Memorial, 1981 by Gladys Sauber
MD, Hagerstown – Holocaust Sculptures @ Hagerstown Community College 2013
MD, Olney – Judean Memorial Gardens
MD, Owings Mills – Beth Israel Holocaust Memorial Sculpture Garden, 1999
MA, Boston – The New England Holocaust Memorial @ Carmen Park
MA, Danvers – Sons of Jacob Cemetery P
MA, Lynn – Pride of Lynn Cemetery P MA,
Natick – Framingham-Natick Jewish Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
MA, New Bedford – Holocaust Memorial @ Veterans Memorial Buttonwoood Park, 1998
MA, Peabody – Holocaust Center of the North Shore
MA, Peabody – Holocaust Memorial @ Beth El Section of the “new” merged Cong. Shirat Hayam (Temple Israel and Temple Beth El, Lowell Street
MA, Pittsfield – Holocaust Memorial @ Berkshire County Courthouse
MA, Plymouth – Holocaust Memorial @ Beth Jacob Section of Vine Hills Cemetery, 102 Samoset St.
MA, Randolph – Temple Beth Ahm – Holocaust Memorial and Mosaic Mural (1969 by David Holleman)
MA, Sharon – Temple Sinai – Holocaust Memorial & Fountain, 2002
MA, Springfield – Hatikvah Holocaust Memorial in the JCC lobby – local Holocaust survivors & victims. A wall memorial tribute of photos, 2011. Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center 1997
MA, Waltham – Brandeis University Holocaust Memorial by Nathan Rapoport, 1997
MA, West Roxbury – Koretz Cemetery @ Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries
MA, West Roxbury – Zviller Cemetery @ Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries
MA, West Roxbury – Pollonoe Cemetery @ Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries P
ME – Maine Holocuast Education Network ME, Portland – Temple Beth El Slivka Holocaust Memorial, 2003 by sculptor Robert Katz. First public Holocaust memorial in Maine
ME, Augusta – The Michael Klahr Holocaust Education Resource Center @ University of Maine aka The Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine, 2008
MI, Ann Arbor – Holocaust Memorial, sculptor Leonard Baskin
MI, Ann Arbor – Raoul Wallenberg Memorial @ U of Michigan – Photo Credit: Anne Calvin Hood P
MI, Detroit – Beth David Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
MI, Livonia – Beth El Memorial Park – Holocaust Memorial P
MI, Muskegon – Muskegon Community College – Holocaust Center 2012
MI, Royal Oak – Oakview Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
MI, Roseville – Workman’s Circle Cemetery Holocaust Memorial – Photo Credit: Anne Calvin Hood P
MI, Roseville – Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial dedicated by the United Jewish Social Club, 1974
MI, Farmington Hills – The Holocaust Memorial Center
MN – Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, U of Minnesota
MN, Minneapolis – Eiger-Zaidenweber Holocaust Resource Center
MO, Independence – Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial – 1901 Blue Ridge Blvd. Greater Kansas City metro area. “The Memorial to the Six Million”, dedicated 1963 and the dedication speech was given by President Truman. Commissioned and funded by the New Americans Club a group of Holocaust Survivors in KC. Designed by Washington, DC artist Maurice Newman
MO, St. Louis – Holocaust Museum and Learning Center; Garden of Remembrance
MO, St. Louis – Ohave Sholom Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 1949 7400 Olive Blvd.
MS – Meridian – Congregation Beth Israel – Holocaust Memorial. Given by non-Jews in the community.
MT – none
NE, Lincoln – Nebraska Holocaust Memorial @ Wyuka Cemetery 2007
NV, Las Vegas – Temple Beth Sholom – Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden
NV, Las Vegas – Holocaust Resource Center
NH, Exeter – Holocaust Memorial Garden, 2011
NH, Manchester – memorial in garden of Temple AdathYeshurun
NH, Nashua – Holocaust Memorial @ Rotary Park, 2012 by John Weidman
NJ, Atlantic City
NJ, Branchburg – Raritan Valley Community College, Holocaust Sculpture, Laurie O’Gara, True Wind Studio
NJ, Cherry Hill – Goodwin Holocaust Museum & Education Center
NJ, Cherry Hill – Congregation Sons of Israel Holocaust Memorial Chapel
NJ, Cinnaminson – Holocaust Memorial sculpture by David Ascalon – Temple Sinai 2009
NJ, Clifton – Resettlement Holocaust Sculpture – Clifton Sculpture Park @ Clifton Municipal Center by Judith Peck, 1981 P
NJ,Cranford – Brookside Elementary School – Holocaust Memorial Garden, 2009
NJ, East Brunswick – East Brunswick Jewish Center – Children’s Holocaust Memorial – Yahrzeit Memorial
NJ, Flemington – Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial, Capner Street, on the grounds of the Flemington Jewish Community Center (1973)
NJ, Galloway – The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Stockton University
NJ, Hackensack – Holocaust Memorial, on the grounds of the Bergen County Courthouse
NJ, Jersey City – Liberation Holocaust Memorial @ Liberty State Park. Sculpture by Nathan Rapoport, 1985 showing a US soldier carrying a Holocaust Survivor
NJ, Livingston – Holocaust Memorial, designed by David Ascalon
NJ, Manalapan – Temple Shaari Emeth – Holocaust Memorial Wall and Candelabra
NJ, New Milford – Ruth and Morris Kotek, z”l, Holocaust and Heritage Studies Center, Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
NJ, Norma – Alliance Jewish Cemetery
NJ, Paramus – Habonim Congregation Cemetery (NYC) – Holocaust Memorial, 1989 P
NJ, Pennsauken – Camden County Holocaust Memorial – Cooper River Park 1981, B’nai B’rith Cherry Hill Lodges and the Jewish Community – Designed by sculptor Harold Kimmelman P
NJ, Mahwah – Ramapo College Holocaust Sculpture by Paul Perces, 1989
NJ, Monroe – Etz Chaim Monroe Twp. Jewish Center – Holocaust Memorial Garden, 2008
NJ, Teaneck – Holocaust Memorial & Education Center, proposed for Andreas Park 2013
NJ, Tenafly – Kaplen JCC on the Palisades – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture Garden, 1997
NJ, Toms River – B’nai Israel Memorial Park
NJ, Verona – Temple Beth Ahm of West Essex – Holocaust Memorial
NJ, Voorhees – Beth El – Holocaust Monument & Courtyard
NJ, West Orange – Ahawas Achim B’nai Jacob & David Synagogue – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture & Garden, 2006
NJ, Woodbridge – Beth Israel Cemetery – US Hwy 1 North – Holocaust Memorial
NM, Albuquerque – Holocaust Memorial @ Civic Plaza downtown, 1998 – Photo Credit: Sandra L. Mac Pherson, Jacksonville, FL P
NM, Albuquerque – Holocaust Memorial @ David Specter Shalom House, 5500 Wyoming Blvd., 1980
NM, Albuquerque – The New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum
NM, Taos – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture , 1972 by Ted Egri
NY, Albany (Loudonville) – Holocaust Memorial @ Congregation Beth Emeth Cemetery, designed by architect and member Steven Einhorn
NY, Binghamton – Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life @ Binghamton University – Holocaust Memorial Monument, 2008
NY, Binghamton – Temple Israel Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 1952 P
NY, Brooklyn – The Holocaust Memorial and Park, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. 1985
NY, Buffalo – Jewish Community Center – Holocaust Sculpture, Bernard “Tony” Rosenthal 1977
NY, Buffalo – The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, 1983
NY, Buffalo – Temple Beth Tzedeck Holocaust Memorial Sculpture and Garden. Originally installed at Temple Beth El of Greater Buffalo in 1986. After the synagogue merger the sculpture was reinstalled at the new location of the merged congregation in 2006. Designed by Maurice Ascalon and sculpted by his sons David and Adir Ascalon.
NY, East Meadow – Eisenhower Park. Holocaust Memorial Trees & Monument for 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Martyrdom, 1968 P
NY, East Meadow – Eisenhower Park. Children’s Holocaust Memorial Anniversary of Kristallnacht. 1979 P
NY, Flushing – Mount Hebron Cemetery – Wishnewitz Holocaust Memorial
NY, Flushing – Mount Hebron Cemetery – Litin Holocaust Memorial – Litiner Podolier Aid Society, 1947
NY, Flushing – Mount Hebron Cemetery – Bukaczowce Holocaust Memorial
NY, Glen Cove – Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 2010, 100 Crescent Beach Road also Children’s Memorial Garden
NY, Glendale (Queens) – Beth El Cemetery – Memorial to Russian Jewish Holocaust Victims, 2005, paid for by Temple Emanu-El of New York city
NY, Great Neck – Temple Emanuel – Children’s Holocaust Memorial, 2006 life-size bronze sculpture monument by Michael Alfano
NY, Ithaca – Cornell Plantations – Garden of Stones Holocaust Memorial, 2005 by Andy Goldsworthy. @ Cornell University
NY, Jericho – Jericho Jewish Center, Bronze life size Holocaust Monument, 2001 by Michael Alfano
NY, Lawrence – Beth Sholom – Last Prayer Holocaust Memorial, 1985 Hana Geber
NY, New York – Brotherhood Synagogue, Holocaust Remembrance Garden
NY, New York – Fordham University Sculpture Garden – Holocaust Sculpture 1987 by Larry Mohr
NY, New York – Holocaust Memorial, Harriet Feigenbaum 1990, affixed to the State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Madison Ave., and East 25th St.
NY, New York – Park Avenue Synagogue Holocaust Memorial
NY, New York – Anne FrankCenter
NY, New York – Holocaust Memorial Garden @ Riverside Park, with Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, 1946
NY, New York – Museum of Jewish Heritage and Living Memorial to the Holocaust; & Garden of Stones, 2003 by Andy Goldsworthy
NY, Pinelawn – New Montefiore Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial (2) to the Kielce, Poland victims
NY, Rochester – JCC Holocaust Memorial sculpture, designed by David Klass
NY, Suffern – The Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education (formerly known as the Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies), 1988.
NY, Spring Valley – Temple Beth El Holocaust Sculpture by Yehiel Shemi 1970’s
NY, Syosset – North Shore Synagogue Holocaust Sculpture, 1993 by Janet Indick
NY, Wantagh – The Suburban Temple – Holocaust Memorial Wall & Garden, 1990
NY, White Plains – Holocaust Memorial Garden 148 Martine Ave. 1992
NY, Whitesboro – Temple Beth El Cemetery Holocaust Memorial NY, Woodmere – Bais Tefilah Congregation – Holocaust memorial wall sculpture inside synagogue, designed by David Klass
NY, Woodmere – Young Israel Congregation – Holocaust memorial wall sculpture inside synagogue, designed by David Klass
NC, Charlotte – JCC – Holocaust Memorial sculpture & garden
NC, Charlotte – Marshall Park – Holocaust Memorial – originally located at Holocaust Square near Dilworth Road and Morhead Street dedicated in 1979. Moved in 1998 to Marshall Park and there are plans to move it to a more visible location
ND – none known at present
OH, Akron – Holocaust Memorial sculpture
OH, Beachwood – Shaarey Tikvah Holocaust Memorial Garden
OH, Cincinnati – The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education, 2000 OH, Cincinnati – Mayerson JCC in Amberly – Holocaust Memorial 2012
OH, Cincinnati – Rockdale Temple – Holocaust Sculpture, Jack Mann Wittenberg University art professor
OH, Cleveland – Holocaust Memorial at Zion Memorial Park. Dedicated in 1961 and created and funded by the Kol Israel Foundation
OH, Columbus – Agudas Achim Congregation Holocaust Memorial P
OH, Columbus – Ohio Governor’s Mansion, “To Life” by Alfred Tibor, memorializing the children of the Holocaust
OH, Columbus (proposed for 2014)
OH, Dayton – Dayton Holocaust Resource Center
OH, Toledo – JCC-YMCA – Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust “For This The Earth Mourns” by Lois Dorfman, 1980
OH, Youngstown – JCC P
OK, Oklahoma City – Congregation B’nai Israel
OR, Portland – Oregon Holocaust Memorial
OR, Tacoma – Temple Beth El – 2 large sculpted panels in the lobby serve as the congregation’s Holocaust memorial.
PA, Allentown – JCC Holocaust Memorial Sculpture “Remember 1933-1945”, 1986 by Stanley Miller of Flemington, NJ – located in the JCC vestibule
PA, Allison Park – Temple Ohav Shalom – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture & Garden, Michael Kraus
PA, Dresher – Temple Sinai Holocaust Memorial
PA, Easton – Temple Covenant of Peace – Holocaust Memorial
PA, Harrisburg – Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at Riverfront Park
PA, Harrisburg – Holocaust Memorial, JCC
PA, Harrisburg – Holocaust Memorial, Jewish Cemetery
PA, Monessen – Holocaust Memorial at the Temple Beth Am/Kneseth Israel Cemetery, 2008
PA, Philadelphia – Ben Franklin Parkway P
PA, Philadelphia – Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center, KleinLife, Suite 210
10100 Jamison Ave
PA, Pittsburgh (Shaler Twp) – Beth Sholom Cemetery, 1501 Anderson Road
PA, Pittsburgh (Shaler Twp) – New Light Congregation Cemetery, 750 Soose Road, 2012
PA, Pittsburgh (Versailles Boro) – Jewish Cemetery, Holocaust Memorial located at the cemetery shared by Gemilas Chesed Congregation and Temple B’nai Israel
PA, Pittsburgh – Jewish Community Day School – Holocaust Sculpture, 2012
PA, Pittsburgh – Holocaust Memorial Garden – Temple Emanuel of South Hills 2004
PA, Pittsburgh – Holocaust Memorial Garden – Temple Ohav Shalom
PA, Scranton – JCC Holocaust Memorial
PA, Sharon – Beth Israel Synagogue – Holocaust Memorial 1999, idea by Ben Tishman for his Boy Scout Eagle project
PA, Uniontown – Jewish Community Holocaust Sculpture, Main Street, by Zeljko Kujundzic 1982
PA, York – Holocaust Memorial Wall Sculpture, JCC
PA, Williamsport – memorial @ Ohav Sholom Congregation Cemetery
PA, Wynnewood – Temple Beth Hillel Beth El – Holocaust Memorial Chapel, 2002 RI, Providence – started in 2012, Barney Zeit
RI, Providence – The Holocaust Education & Resource Center of Rhode Island. Memorial Garden, 401 Elmgrove Ave., by Barney Zeitz
SC, Charleston – Holocaust Memorial @ Marion Square SC, Charleston – Children’s Memorial & Garden @ JCC in West Ahsley
SC, Columbia – Holocaust Memorial P
SC, Florence – Holocaust Memorial @ Temple Beth Israel
SC, Greenville – Beth Israel Holocaust Memorial sculpture
SD – none
TN, Knoxville – Holocaust Memorial @ John Bynon/West Hills Park, 2005
TN, Nashville – The Nashville Holocaust Memorial, Gordon Jewish Community Center, 801 Percy Warner Blvd.
TN, Nashville – Holocaust Memorial Cedar Trees, Charlotte Avenue on the grounds of the State Capitol
TN, Whitwell – The Children’s Memorial & Paper Clip Project @ Whitwell Middle School
TX, Dallas – Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, 3430 Howell St.
TX, Dallas – Garden of Remembrance & Tolerance @ The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center
TX, Dallas – The Dallas Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education
TX, El Paso – The El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center
TX, El Paso – B’nai Zion Congregation Cemetery (1965 ) Photo Credit: Sandy Aaronson
TX, Fort Worth – Holocaust Memorial @ Ahavath Sholom Cemetery P
TX, Houston – Holocaust Museum Houston
TX, Houston – Congregation Emanu-El, Holocaust Memorial North Foyer, by Laurie Gross (1988)
TX, San Antonio – Holocaust Memorial Museum
UT, Salt Lake City – Jewish Community Center Holocaust Memorial
VA, Norfolk – Old Dominion University Foundry Holocaust Sculpture, by Victor Pickett (1993)
VA, Richmond – Emek Shalom Holocaust Memorial Cemtery
VA, Richmond – Cathedral of the Acred Heart RC, Holocaust Memorial Sculpture by Linda Gissen (1987)
VA, Richmond – Virginia Holocaust Museum
VT, Burlington – Holocaust Memorial & Sculpture at Ohavi Zedeck Synagogue, dedicated in 2001 by Chaim Suchman.
VT – Center for Holocaust Studies @ University of Vermont
WA, Mercer Island – Stroum JCC Holocaust Memorial
WA, Spokane – Temple Beth Sholom 2005
WA, Seattle – Congregation Ezra Bessaroth (replica of Rhodes Holocaust Monument)
WI, Madison – Holocaust Memorial @ Marshall Park (1998)
WI, Milwaukee – Holocaust Memorial on the grounds of the Milwaukee Jewish Museum (1983)
WI, Milwaukee – Holocaust Memorial Sculpture & Alcove – Ascalon Studios
WI, Milwaukee – Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education & Resource Center
WI, Wauwatosa – Mayfair Plaza Building Holocaust Sculpture, 1969 by Marceil Pultorak
WV, Huntington – B’nai B’rith Holocaust Memorial @ B’nai Sholom 1993
WV, Morgantown – J.D. Rechter Holocaust Memorial Library @ The Morgantown Public Library Aull Center, 2010
WY
Canada
Alberta, Calgary – JCC Holocaust Memorial, 1607 90th Avenue, dedicated in 1986 – Photo Credit: Kevin Evans P
Alberta, Edmonton – Holocaust Memorial on the grounds of the Provincial Legislature, 2003 – Photo Credit: Kevin Evans P
British Columbia, Vancouver – Holocaust Centre Society for Education & Remembrance, JCC
British Columbia, Vancouver – Vancouver Holocaust Memorial @ Schara Tzedeck Cemetery in New Westminster, 1986 – Architect: Jack Lutsky; Designer: Naomi Spiers
British Columbia, Victoria – Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery Holocaust Memorial
Ontario, Toronto – Beth Beth Bais Yehuda – Samuel Edelstein Children’s Garden
Ontario, Hamilton – Beth Jacob Cemetery – Memorial to the Six Million, Warsaw Ghetto fighters, Resistance fighter and all who fought Nazism. Grand Order of Israel Lodge, Hamilton
Ontario, Hamilton – Ohev Zedeck Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
Ontario, Ottawa – Jewish Community Cemtery – Holocaust Memorial, 1978 erected by the community
Ontario, Ottawa – National Holocaust Museum – announced in 2013 to be built in the nation’s capital. Ontario, Toronto – The Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
Ontario, Toronoto – Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park – Adath Sholom Synagogue – Minsker Farband Section, Holocaust Memorial
Ontario, Toronto – Holocaust Memorial & Wall of Names @ Earl Bales Park, 2001 Canadian Society for Yad Vashem
Ontario, Toronto – Mount Sinai Memorial Park – Independent Arbeiter’s Ring Section Holocaust Memorial
Ontario, Vaughan – Reena Holocaust Garden @ the Reena community Residence Lebovic Campus, 2012
Quebec, Beaconfield (Montreal) – Eternal Gardens Jewish Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
Quebec, Cote-St-Luc (Montreal) – Beth Zion Congregation Holocaust Memorial
Quebec, Cote-St-Luc (Montreal) – Arthur Zygielbaum Park – Holocaust Memorial
Quebec, Dollar-des-Orneaux (Montreal) – Kehal Israel Memorial Park – Holocaust Memorial by Congregation Beth Ora, 1986
Quebec, Montreal – Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Quebec, Montreal – Baron Hirsch Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 1951 by United Jewish Cemeteries which is the former name of the Baron Hirsch Cemetery.
Quebec, Montreal – Baron Hirsch Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 1952 by Adath Israel Congregation
Quebec, Montreal – Baron Hirsch Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 1974 by Russian Polish Hebrew Sick Benevolent Society
Quebec, Outremont (Montreal) – Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial
Mexico
Mexico Mexico City – Museo Holocausto @ the Nidje Israel Synagogue
Mexico City – Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, Plaza Juarez CentroHistorico
Central America
Costa Rica, San Juan – Jewish Cemetery, overseen by Shaare Zion, has a Holocaust Memorial
Costa Rica, San Jose – Anne Frank Statue & Memorial, 2008 donated by the Dutch government, located on the pedestrian Bulevar Union Europea
Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Oranjestad – Anne Frank Statue & Memorial @ Wilhelmina Park, L.G. Smith Blvd., 2011 by Dutch artist Joep Coppens.
Cuba, Guanabacoa – Union Chevet Achim Jewish Cemetery (Ashkenazi) – Holocaust Memorial
Cuba, Guanabacoa – United Hebrew Congregation Centro Macabeo (Sephardic) – Holocaust Memorial
Cuba, Havana – Holocaust Memorial Park in Old Havana
Cuba, Santa Clara – Jewish Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial, 2004
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo – Cementerio Israelita – Holocaust Memorial
Puerto Rico, San Juan – Holocaust Memorial @ Capitol. 2012 Berkowicz Design
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Beth Dupell says
I am a business owner in Exeter, New Hampshire and I administer the visitexeternh.com website. Exeter does not have a Holocaust Memorial Garden. There was a plan in the works in 2011 but for reasons I am not privy to, the plan never moved forward.
I thought you might want to have this information.
-Beth
Julian H. Preisler says
thanks for the information. I will make the change to my list.