Inside the Dachau Jewish Memorial.
The Jewish Memorial to the right of the Mortal Agony of Christ Chapel was dedicated on May 7, 1967. Zvi Guttmann, the architect, had designed a larger structure, but during construction it was reduced to three-quarters of its originally planned size. The structure is made of black basalt lava and slopes downward like a ramp. At the lowest point, however, light seeps through an opening in the ceiling. A menorah with seven branches made of Peki’in marble hovers above the building. In Peki’in, a place in Israel, at least one Jew should always reside, even in the most difficult of times, to symbolize the continuity of Judaism. Inside burns the "Ner Tamid," the eternal light. The railing is reminiscent of the barbed wire that was so ubiquitous in the concentration camp, and together with the ramp imbues the building with symbolism recalling the extermination of European Jewry. The following psalm verse is chiseled over the entrance to the Memorial: "Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah." (9, 21)
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Location: Pater-Roth-Str. 2aD - 85221 Dachau, Deutschland
Photo credit: © Joshua Hee / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: camp, concentration, dachau, guttman, guttmann, guttmann hermann, hermann, jewish, memorial, site, zvi, zwi
