Wall of Remembrance

Sam Feinstein © Bridgeton, NJ

"No monument can ever reflect the true essence of the Holocaust experience, but it can remind us that the events of this greatest of tragedies in modern history should not be forgotten. This ''Wall of Remembrance'' is a Collective Matzevah (Tomb- stone) for the millions of martyrs and for our immediate murdered kinsfolk whom the Nazi predators and their collaborators denied a burial place. Indeed, they made every effort to eradicate any identiliable trace of our people's earthly existence."

                       ''THERE WAS A PEOPLE, AND IS NO MORE."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 "Therefore, we the surviving remnants of this tragic period and our devoted friends, wish to make sure that this ''Wall of Remembrance'' stands as a silent witness unto future generations, of our determination that these heinous crimes against our people and humanity be remembered. Never again will this inhumanity to man be permitted to occur anywhere to any people, on G-d's earth.This must be the lesson to be learned by those who will follow us."
-Wall of Remembrance Dedication Book June 26, 1994

Sam Feinstein © Bridgeton, NJ

A Description of The Wall of Remembrance

On axis with the gateway to Alliance Cemetery is the gateway to the Wall of Remembrance. At first glance, the memorial appears as a gray mass contextually blending with the surrounding granite grave stones. Approaching the gateway, one is reminded of the horrid past as when passing through the reminiscent archway of the concentration camps...

Sam Feinstein © Bridgeton, NJ

As one looks ahead, there is a poem of remembrance on the back wall with the eternal flame in the foreground to keep the memory of the victims of the atrocious act of the Holocaust alive for the future. Within the inner circle, brick benches are focused on the eternal flame, creating an area for contemplation and mourning. As one circulates around the outside of the benches, a sense of enclosure is achieved within the red brick walls symbolic of the ovens and blood of those tortuous times.The back wall includes the names of the concentration camps in a linear sequence symbolizing

the barbed wire which surrounded the camps. Memorial plaques along the two side walls are dedicated to the memory of the Jewish people who perished and will never be forgotten.