Near Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial
— Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 —
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, June 9, 2014
1. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial. . On November 6, 1955, the New American Jewish Club, a group of immigrants and survivors of the Nazi purge of European Jewry, gathered here to unveil the three center sections of this Holocaust memorial, one of the first such memorials in North America. These new citizens of the USA, having settled in Richmond, Virginia, placed here the names of 200 family members who perished in the Holocaust, whose final resting places are forever unknown., On November 7, 1999, two flanking panels were dedicated by new members of the Richmond Jewish community, memorializing their family members who perished in the Holocaust., The Holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, was the systematic plan of genocide which claimed six million Jewish men, women and children along with millions of other innocent lives., In order to teach the tolerance which must be learned from this nightmare, a memorial service is held at this site each year near the anniversary of The Night of Pogroms, Kristallnacht, the beginning of government sanctioned, mass, open violence against the Jews, November 9-10, 1938.
On November 6, 1955, the New American Jewish Club, a group of immigrants and survivors of the Nazi purge of European Jewry, gathered here to unveil the three center sections of this Holocaust memorial, one of the first such memorials in North America. These new citizens of the USA, having settled in Richmond, Virginia, placed here the names of 200 family members who perished in the Holocaust, whose final resting places are forever unknown.
On November 7, 1999, two flanking panels were dedicated by new members of the Richmond Jewish community, memorializing their family members who perished in the Holocaust.
The Holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, was the systematic plan of genocide which claimed six million Jewish men, women and children along with millions of other innocent lives.
In order to teach the tolerance which must be learned from this nightmare, a memorial service is held at this site each year near the anniversary of The Night of Pogroms, Kristallnacht, the beginning of government sanctioned, mass, open violence against the Jews, November 9-10, 1938.
Erected 1999 by United States Department of the Interior.
Location. 37° 35.545′ N, 77° 26.229′ W. Marker is near Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County. Memorial can be reached from Alma Avenue near Pilots Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4000 Pilots Lane, Richmond VA 23222, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial (flanking left panel)
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, June 9, 2014
4. The Innocent Died
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5. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial (left panel)
May the sacrifice of our people
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6. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial (center panel)
To our loved ones who
died in Europe 1933-1945
as victims of their Faith.
Theirs are no graves. They
shall live in our hearts
forever
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7. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial (right panel)
O Lord, not have been in vain.
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8. Let Life Triumph
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9. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial (flanking right panel)
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, June 9, 2014
10. Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 496 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on June 9, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on June 9, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.