Loss and Regeneration

Loss and Regeneration is a bronze sculpture at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum composed of two main elements: a tall, figure-like form and an inverted house structure. The two components stand approximately 100 feet (30 meters) apart on the plaza along Raoul Wallenberg Place.

The work was created as a memorial to children who died during the Holocaust, incorporating text from a poem written by a child in the Terezin ghetto. This connection to the voice of a murdered child gives the memorial a direct emotional power.

The arrangement of the bronze pieces speaks to loss and hope through their spatial relationship. Visitors experience this symbolic conversation directly as they move between the two parts.

The memorial is accessible year-round at no cost and located directly on the museum campus for easy access. Plan time to walk between the two elements and read the text inscribed on the bronze surfaces.

The inverted house structure derives from imagery in a poem created by a child and transforms an everyday object into a powerful symbol of shattered security. This direct reference to a child-made artwork makes the abstract forms immediately understandable.

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