Hill of Remembrance and Reconciliation Auschwitz
The Hill of Remembrance and Reconciliation Auschwitz is a memorial project initiated by Józef Szajna to commemorate the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps .
idea
In 1994, Józef Szajna, a former concentration camp prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps , proposed , together with other former prisoners, that a memorial hill be built to commemorate the concentration camps. The walkable hill is to become part of a memorial park and have the shape of a 30 m high truncated cone with a diameter of 100 m, on which the sculpture transition - 2005 by Józef Szajna will stand. The hill is also intended to be a reminder of the Auschwitz concentration camp and to call for reconciliation between people of different faiths.
Current status
From several German and Polish cities, including former concentration camp sites, stones were symbolically given to the project for the construction of the hill. The project is supported by numerous people and organizations from Poland, Germany and other countries. In addition, the Agon Shu Buddhist organization made a donation of 100,000 US dollars .
The location of the memorial mound is still controversial. Originally it was supposed to be directly adjacent to the Auschwitz I concentration camp. However, because the appearance of the camp site is greatly changed, the International Auschwitz Council wishes to look for a different location.
Individual evidence
- ^ Article in The Warsaw Voice of July 19, 2006.
- ↑ Description of the monument ( Memento from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ statements of Jozef Szaina to his project ( Memento of 12 September 2008 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ List of supporters ( Memento from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on the donation by Agon-Shu on the website of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial ( Memento from September 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Report from the 13th meeting of the International Auschwitz Council ( page no longer available , search in web archives )