Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
En la Sombra de su Ausencia
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In the Shadow of their Absence
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023
1. En la Sombra de su Ausencia / In the Shadow of their Absence Marker
Artistas: Michael Berkowicz y Bonnie Stolovitz
Aquí, honramos a los víctimas, a los sobrevivientes y a aquellos que valerosamente se rehuseron a que tanto horror transcurriera bajo su impávida mirada. Aquí conmemoramos el Holocausto, asesinato sistemático de seis millones de judíos a manos de los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Esta matanza creó un gran vacío - la ausencia de aquellos que fueron parte de nuestro pueblo y nuestras familias, y de las generaciones que no habrán de nacer - madres, padres, hijos e hijas - que hubiesen sido líderes y académicos, artistas y comeerciantes; individuos cuyo potencial no fue ni será realizado.
Esta pieza curva de acero cambia con el timepo. Es una página rasgada de la historia, parte de la sagrada Torá, es una columna de humo de un crematorio a través de cual se elevaron las cenizas. El borde superior está rasgado, representando la K'riah, antigua costumbre judía de resgarse las vestiduras en señal de duelo, acto que manifiesta el sentimiento de angustia ante la pérdida de la vida y que nos exhorta a siempre recordar.
Vivimos en la sombre de su ausencia.
We honor the victims, the survivors and those who refused to stand idly by while their neighbors were condemned to death. Here, we commemorate the Holocaust - the systematic murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War II. These murders created a tremendous void - an absence of those who were part of our people and our families and generations never born - fathers, mothers, sons and daughters - who might have been leaders and scholars, artists and businessmen, people whose potential was never realized and never will be.
This curved piece of weathering steel changes with time. It is a page torn from history, part of the holy Jewish Torah; it is a smoke stack of a crematorium through which the ashes rose. The top edge is tornrepresenting the Kri'ah, the Jewish tradition of tearing one's garment, an act that manifests the anguish felt at the loss of life, urging us to always remember.
We live in the shadow of their absence.
Erected 2012.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.
Location. 18° 27.959′ N, 66° 6.389′ W. Memorial is in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is in Puerta de Tierra. It is on Avenida de la Constitución (Puerto Rico Route 25) west of Calle Reverendo Gerardo Dávila, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: San Juan PR 00901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is one of the Greater Antilles on the Caribbean Sea, on in the Atlantic Ocean, in North America, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tolerancia / Tolerance (here, next to this marker); Nunca Olvidaré / Never Shall I Forget (here, next to this marker); Los Justos entre las Naciones / The Righteous Among the Nations (here, next to this marker); 1.5 Millones de Niños / 1.5 Million Children
Additional keywords. En la Sombra de su Ausencia / In the Shadow of their Absence
Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
