New England Holocaust Memorial, Holocaust memorial near Faneuil Hall, Boston, United States
The New England Holocaust Memorial consists of six glass towers along a black granite path in downtown Boston, with each tower positioned above a chamber marking a principal extermination camp. The towers rise approximately 54 feet (16.5 meters) and contain engraved numbers as well as survivor testimonies on the inner walls.
The site was founded by Holocaust survivor Stephan Ross and dedicated in 1995 to honor six million Jewish victims of Nazi Germany. The chambers beneath the towers represent the extermination camps of Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Chelmno, Sobibor, Majdanek, and Belzec.
The six towers symbolize the major extermination camps of the Nazi regime, with each tower representing a specific site. Visitors can see the engraved identification number that prisoners were forced to wear on their forearms, illustrating the dehumanization of the victims.
The site stands along the Freedom Trail near Faneuil Hall and remains accessible at all times, with no admission fees or set hours. The granite path and open layout allow visitors to walk around all six towers, with inscriptions best read during daylight.
More than two million numbers are engraved across 132 glass panels, each representing a victim. Steam rises from charred embers at the base of each chamber, recalling the crematoria of the camps.
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