Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial

Memorial in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial

The memorial in 2018

Medium|

* Bronze
* steel

Location| Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates| 39°57′37.7″N 82°59′57.8″W﻿ / ﻿39.960472°N 82.999389°W﻿ / 39.960472; -82.999389

The Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial is a bronze and steel Holocaust memorial installed on the Ohio Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was unveiled by Governor John Kasich and architect Daniel Libeskind on June 2, 2014.[1][2]

## Description

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The sculpture, 2018

An inscription on the top of the stone wall reads:

> "In remembrance of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and millions more including prisoners of war, ethnic and religious minorities, Freemasons, homosexuals, the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and political dissidents who suffered under Nazi Germany."[1]

Another on the front of the wall reads:

> "Inspired by the Ohio soldiers who were part of the American liberation and survivors who made Ohio their home – if you save one life, it is as if you saved the world."[1]

## See also

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* Ohio portal
* Visual arts portal

* 2014 in art

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial". Ohio Statehouse. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
2. ^ Higgs, Robert (June 3, 2014). "Ohio's newly dedicated Holocaust memorial seen as remembrance for victims, sign of hope for future". Cleveland.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.

## External links

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* Media related to Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial at Wikimedia Commons

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Public art in Columbus, Ohio

Works

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* Arvin J. Alexander Memorial
* Breaker
* Brushstrokes in Flight
* Celebration for a Champion
* Celebration of Life
* Columbus Firefighters Memorial
* Columbus Police Memorial
* Correlation...
* Current
* Dr. Samuel Mitchel Smith and Sons Memorial Fountain
* The Father of Columbus Baseball
* Flowing Kiss
* Freedom
* Gavel
* Greenwood Park Sofa
* Intersect
* James W. Barney Pickaweekee Story Grove
* Lincoln Goodale Monument
* Naiads
* Nationwide Fountain
* The Newsboy
* Oval with Points
* Peter Pan
* Scioto Lounge
* Spanish–American War Memorial
* Statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Statue of Benjamin Franklin
* Statue of Friedrich Schiller
* Statue of Jim Rhodes
* Statue of Lucas Sullivant
* Statue of William Oxley Thompson
* Their Spirits Circle the Earth
* To Honor the Immigrants
* Umbrella Girl
* Union Station arch
* Untitled (Falsetti)

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* The Family of Man: Figure 2, Ancestor II
* Hare on Ball and Claw
* Intermediate Model for the Arch
* Out of There
* Three-Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975
* Two Lines Up Excentric Variation VI
* Wasahaban

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Ohio Statehouse|

* The Doughboy
* Lincoln Vicksburg Monument
* Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial
* Ohio Veterans Plaza
* Peace
* Statue of Christopher Columbus (Pelzer)
* The Spirit of '98
* These Are My Jewels
* William McKinley Monument

Former works

* Trains
* Union Station
* Statue of Christopher Columbus (Alfieri)
* Statue of Christopher Columbus (Solani)

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