Jewish Holocaust Memorial, Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood, NSW, Australia
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S 33° 52.190 E 151° 03.130
56H E 319834 N 6250569
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial and Martyrs Memorial reminds us of the importance of religious freedom to the future of our world We remember the atrocities of the past when religious freedom was denied to Jewish people in wartime Germany.
Waymark Code: WM1835T
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 05/21/2023
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The Holocaust Memorial and Martyrs Memorial commemorates the death of over six million Jewish people in an attempt to deny them freedom to practice their religious beliefs.
This monument is located in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney's largest cemetery and is in a prominent location close to the Jewish section. It is a large marble monument which is surrounded by a concrete wall. The location at the centre of a roundabout provides a prominent p Lace for remembrance.
The text on the marble plaque is
IN MEMORY OF THE SIX MILLION JEWS KILLED BY THE NAZIS DURING THE WAR 1939 -1945. MAY THE WORLD NEVER AGAIN WITNESS SUCH INHUMANITY OF MAN AGAINST MAN.
The text is also written in Hebrew.
The memorial is a an important reminder to the people of Sydney of not letting the message of the Holocaust be forgotten.
The memorial was erected by the Jewish Cemetery Trust and the Sydney Chevra Kadisha and was consecrated by Rabbi Dr Israel Porush OBE and Sydney Einfield on Martyrs Day May 3rd 1970.
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