Boston Holocaust Memorial

Back to our anniversary trip to New England...

This was a more sobering part of our trip.  We had eaten at the "Union Oyster House" (next post) and when we started walking toward the subway station we saw the "Holocaust Memorial" in the little park in front of the restaurant.  I failed to get a picture of the entire site so I am going to borrow one from a website.

It wasn't quite dark when we were there so it wasn't lighted but you can see it is beautiful.  The six towers represent the six major concentration camps used to exterminate the Jews (or the six lower candles of the menorah).

 There was steam coming out of the grates below each tower with twinkling lights in the grates.  I don't know the significance of this but it was a nice effect.

 There were a million numbers etched onto the glass on each tower...a total of six million to represent the number of Jews killed in the holocaust. 

I know our world has taken "discrimination" to a whole new level but it would do for us to remember the lessons of the past...and the commandments of the Bible...Jesus said: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"...