Alan Turing And Bletchley Park

There are also monuments that are more salient and mention the concentration camps that the individuals survived (Appendix B, Figure 2). The community purposefully includes monument inscriptions to show an individual’s connection to the Holocaust. This action creates tribute to those who were victims of the Holocaust. This practice also creates a collaborative means for the community to mourn over these survivors.

On March 4, 1921, an unknown soldier from World War I was buried with the approval of Congress in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery. This serviceman was chosen randomly out of four other servicemen from four individual gravesites located in France. Not only was this soldier honored as a valiant trooper, but unknown soldiers from World War II and the Korean War were honored and remembered at this site too. The soldier located in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was buried with a white marble sarcophagus on top of the grave that has engravings of both Greek figures and words that say “an American soldier known but to God.” The importance of this mausoleum is that it honors those who were unidentified soldiers, and shows that our country will honor our armed forces and respect them, whether they are known or unknown.

The New England Holocaust Memorial, located in Boston, is there to remember all the people killed and affected during the Holocaust. This August, a teen from Malden destroyed the memorial for no particular reason, only for a hate of Jews. One of the police chiefs said “Everyone

In creating a monument and memorializing an event, the group or agency should consider its importance in bringing together a community, thus providing a sense of attachment. In creating public monuments, it furnishes “a face-to-face encounter in a specially valued place set aside for collective gathering” (Source A). Essentially connecting the past and the present, monuments stand as an absolute reminder of our past. Not only does it serve as a reminder, but it also acts as a holy site as people come together to experience the monument in a simple but powerful way. Monuments establish the sense of community in both a real and imagined fashion. Connections between the people among themselves visiting the authentic public space, and connections between people and history are made. As Source A states, “The public monument speaks to a deep need for attachment that can be met only in a real place, where the imagined community actually materializes.” With memorializing an event, it is important that the emotional connection built off of its fundamental historical significance is considered. Based on Source E, controversy over not only just creating the monument, but also the idea of memorializing the Holocaust was deliberated. Because the United States made little to no effort in preventing the Holocaust, the memorialization of the event drew protest as opponents felt as if this act of remembrance would be offensive emotionally. From this, it is clear that it is important to assess the emotional underlying behind an event and how it could affect communities consequently. Memorializing an event should connect a community, not divide

The Holocaust memorial was built by James Ingo Freed so we could remember the ones that passed away and the tragic event that occurred.It’s important so we the people in the society don’t let something like this happen again especially since there were about 13 million people that died during this event. It’s important that the people in the world don’t let anything like this happen again.

t is a monument in dedication to the services of a unknown soldier and to the common memories of all soldiers killed in any war.

The Museum of Tolerance is a place that not only is a home to a memoriam of the Holocaust but it also tries to break the barriers of racism, prejudices, and discrimination and tries to teach and incorporate in people that even though everyone is different, everyone shares a universal attribute, that each person around the world no matter their race, gender, country of origin, or choice of religion still bleeds red, feels pain and are human beings. As soon as people realize this fact and accept that no one set of people are better than the other, places like The Museum of Tolerance will not be needed but till then we need to remember what hatred, prejudices, discrimination and the inability to accept people for who they are has and can do

an example of a place to remember our faults as a society. Memorials are not a waste of money

A little school in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a small idea of collecting paper clips to represent the Jews killed in the Holocaust turned into a worldwide phenomenon. Students in the eighth grade at Whitwell Middle School were learning about the Holocaust and wanted to honor the Jews by collecting six million paper clips for every single one of them. To date they have been sent over 30 billion paper clips from around the world. They have built a beautiful authentic memorial that is located at their school. This memorial best describes and represents this tragic event.

Some of these things were that special bridges were constructed above roads because Jews were not allowed to go on roads, and the extent of the experiments conducted on prisoners at concentration camps by Nazi scientists. When I first heard of these experiments I thought that surely they were pretty bad because it was the Nazis, but after watching a few videos and reading signs about the experiments, I learned of the true horrors that the victims were forced to endure by Nazi scientists. I think that a memorial museum like this one is a crucial institution so that people never forget the horrors of the holocaust so it is never repeated and to forever remember the people who suffered a great deal of pain and sorrow during and after the holocaust. After going to this museum, I wonder more about the experiments conducted on prisoners in concentration camps and how concentration camps were constructed and

We have dedicated a part of this field as a “final resting place” for the people who gave their lives that the nation might survive. The world may not remember what we said there, but they can never forget what the soldiers did. The dead shall not of died in vein, but in peace for fighting for this country and for

In the NY Times article, Ouroussoff ‘s criteria for acclaiming the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe” included the location of the monument and the symbolism it portrayed, as well as how long it affected the audience, and the mood it inflicted on that audience. Ouroussoff commends the memorial’s location, claiming it “could not be more apt. During the war, this was the administrative locus of Hitler 's killing machine. His chancellery building, designed by Albert Speer and since demolished, was a few hundred yards away just to the south; his bunker lies beneath a nearby parking lot”(para. 4). To Ouroussoff, the best location for a memorial is where is has historical ties. In the case of the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe,”

Memorialization of any sort can be a tedious process, but those regarding Holocaust remembrance were particularly challenging given the surrounding social and political controversies that ensued. This is primarily seen through the issue of representation, which consistently played a key role in the creation of both the Holocaust museum in Washington D.C., and the Dachau concentration camp memorial. While the Dachau memorial’s conception stages, the designers were contemplating which victim groups to include. For instance, the mayor of Dachau stated, “Please do not make the mistake of thinking that only heroes died in Dachau. Many inmates were…there because they illegally opposed the regime of the day….You have to remember there were many criminals and homosexuals in Dachau. Do we want a memorial to such people?” (Harold Maruse, “Dachau,” 151). With this quote, the mayor implies that the memorial will only be dedicated to those he deems worthy of representation. Likewise, the White House officials orchestrating the American Holocaust Museum also debated a similar notion regarding the inclusion of ethic victim groups other than the Jews. However, Wiesel and other Holocaust survivors believed that commemorating non-Jews was an “…obscene incursion into the boundaries of Holocaust memory by those whose country-men had persecuted survivors” (Edward T. Linenthal, Preserving Memory, 53). For this reason, and in order to avoid the generation of false memories, these groups

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a very important monument to the families of those who have lost a loved one. This remarkable monument provides much comfort for those families when they see us pay homage to their loved one. It shows them that we care about them and are very thankful for that soldier giving their life up for our freedom. This tomb also gives those families a chance to visit a solemn place and show respect for not only their soldier, but also other soldiers who gave their lives. There they can rid themselves of the distractions of this world, come to the tomb, remember their loved one and truly be thankful for what a wonderful person they were. This one monument holds so much value and is so comforting to many people who

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a monument in Berlin to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe causes us to reflect on how the transgressive gesture of architecture puts the issue of balance between the medium and the message into question. The memorial could have been viewed as a way to threaten the importance of remembrance. According to Elke Grenzer, “Architecture itself in a commemorative gesture because it wants to commemorate its action in its present as something that might not be lost in the future.” An abundance of political drama about the memorial almost caused the world to forget the significance of the structure. After the Berlin Wall came down, Germany had to find their own self-identity while memorializing the Jews, which led to a debate on how to successfully move on as a nation. The monument appears to be the preserver of Holocaust memory, however it is the people of Germany and what they created after visiting the memorial that safeguards the Holocaust memory.