Monument to the Injustice of the Holocaust, (sculpture)

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.; Image on file.; (On base, front:) INDIFFERENCE TO INJUSTICE/COMMANDANT'S/HOUSE/EXECUTION WALL/TORTURE/CHAMBER/GAS CHAMBER/AND/CREMATORIUM/AUSCHWITZ 1/25 AUGUST 1944/IS THE GATE TO HELL; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: Obelisk-shaped pillar installed against the wall of the building. On its base is a model of Auschwitz carved into the stone.

Dedicated May 22, 1990

Owner/Location: Administered by City of New York Department of General Services One Centre Street New York New York 10007; Located Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York First Judicial Department 25th Street and Madison Avenue facade New York New York

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: History--Europe--Holocaust; Architecture exterior--Civic--Prison; Allegory--Civic--Injustice; Landscape--Poland--Oswiecim