The National Holocaust Monument (French: Monument national de l'Holocauste) is a Holocaust memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, across from the Canadian War Museum at the northeast corner of Wellington and Booth Streets, and about 1.5 km away from Parliament Hill. The memorial was designed by Daniel Libeskind.[1]
| National Holocaust Monument | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
 | |
| For Holocaust memorial | |
| Unveiled | September 27, 2017 |
| Location | 45°25′01″N 75°42′53″W / 45.4169°N 75.7146°W |
| Designed by | Daniel Libeskind |
The National Holocaust Monument Act (Bill C-442),[2] which established plans to create the memorial in Canada's capital, received Royal Assent on March 25, 2011.[3] The law was introduced as a private members bill by Tim Uppal, Minister of State and MP for Edmonton—Sherwood Park and received unanimous support.[3]
The monument features a view of the Peace Tower and photographs by Edward Burtynsky.[1] The team was led by Lord Cultural Resources.[1]
The monument is overseen by the National Capital Commission.[4]
The monument was planned to be unveiled in the fall of 2015,[5] but later pushed back to the spring of 2017 due to delays in construction.[6] The official unveiling occurred on September 27, 2017.[7] In 2017, when the National Holocaust Monument of Canada was unveiled in Ottawa, the opening plaque made no mention of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis.[8] Subsequently, chair Rabbi Daniel Friedman took responsibility for the error.[9][10]
The monument was built due to the persistent activism of former University of Ottawa student, Laura Grosman. Laura began advocating for a monument to be built commemorating the Nazis atrocities and as a beacon of light for Canadian Holocaust survivors. She campaigned and met with various Members of Parliament to support the introduction of a Private Members Bill. She is the granddaughter of a Polish-born Holocaust survivor. [11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Holocaust Monument in Ottawa Meant For All Canadians
- ^ Justice Laws Website
- ^ a b National Holocaust Monument
- ^ "National Holocaust Monument design team announced". CBC News. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2023-05-09.
- ^ Bozikovic, Alex (2014-05-12). "National Holocaust Monument design unveiled". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Butler, Don (August 9, 2015). "Tendering problems cause one-year delay in National Holocaust Monument". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ Duffy, Andrew (27 September 2017). "National Holocaust Monument unveiled in downtown Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Images, Getty. "No, Justin Trudeau Is Not a Holocaust Denier". The Forward.
- ^ "Rabbi Apologizes For Canada Holocaust Plaque That Left Out The Jews". The Forward.
- ^ "Friedman: Why Canadians should be proud of the Holocaust Monument". ottawacitizen.
- ^ "How an Ottawa student's outrage led to the National Holocaust Monument". Ottawa Citizen. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
Further reading edit
- Norman Ravvin, "Placed Upon the Landscape, Casting Shadows: Jewish Canadian Monuments and Other Forms of Memory", Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes vol. 31: (104-14), May 2021.
- David Goutor, The Canadian Media and the ‘Discovery’ of the Holocaust, 1944-1945, Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes, vol. 5 (January), 1997.
- Franklin Bialystok, 1944: What Was Known? What Was Reported? What Was Done? What Could Have Been Done?, Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes 27 (June), 2019.
External links edit
- Official website
- Debating Canada's National Holocaust Monument Archived 2021-06-06 at the Wayback Machine