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Beneath the pillar there is soil from each of the Nazi death camps.

The Holocaust Centre

Newark

Title

Death Camps Memorial

Medium

marble, stone & soil

Measurements

H 162 x W 41 x D 41 cm

Accession number

HCSC001

Work type

Monument

Inscription description

on a plaque: BENEATH THIS PILLAR LIES SOIL / FROM EACH OF THE SIX DEATH CAMPS / WHOSE NAMES / ARE INSCRIBED UPON IT. / THESE SIX CAMPS WERE BUILT / BY PEOPLE DURING THE NAZI ERA / SPECIFICALLY TO MURDER / THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. / IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS / MILLIONS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN / MAINLY JEWS, / PERISHED IN THESE PLACES.; on each side of the column: AUSHWITZ BIRKENAU / BEŁŹEC / MAJDANEK / TREBLINKA / SƠBIBOR / CHEŁMNO

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