National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa Museum Building, Architect, Canadian Architecture
National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa
Visitors Centre Building, Canada ? design by Studio Libeskind
6 Feb 2018
National Holocaust Monument
Architects: Studio Libeskind
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Studio Libeskind Completes Canada?s First National Monument dedicated to the Holocaust in Ottawa

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The Monument will honor the millions of innocent men, women and children who were murdered under the Nazi

regime and recognize those survivors who were able to eventually make Canada their home. The Monument is an

experience that combines architecture, art, landscape and scholarship in ways that create an-ever changing
engagement with one of the darkest chapters of human history while conveying a powerful message of

humanity?s enduring strength and survival.

?It is extremely meaningful to have been able to design and realize this monument with an incredible team,? said architect Daniel Libeskind. ?This monument not only creates a very important public space for the remembrance of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, but it also serves as a constant reminder that today?s world is threatened by anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry. Canada has upheld the fundamental democratic values of people regardless of race, class or creed, and this national monument is the expression of those principles and of the future,? added Libeskind.

The Monument

Centrally located at the co...