Nazi Concentration Camps: Canadian Jewish Congress

Racism Xenophobia Dept: The winner was Mr. Libeskind’s Wheel of Conscience , which turns electrically and has four gears meant to resemble both a ship’s engine and the “gears of the cynical bureaucracy,” the project presentation reads. On the gears are the words Hatred, Racism, Xenophobia and Antisemitism in crimson type, from smallest to largest. The story of the ship rims the exterior, according to Globe And Mail. “ Mr. Libeskind understands this viscerally,” he said. “When he presented before the jury in July , that came out so clearly. His passion around this project was so there, it was so present.” The ship’s journey is a black mark for Canada, because a third of its 900 occupants later died in Nazi concentration camps. A lack of public awareness about the incident led the Canadian Jewish Congress to hold a contest to design a monument that would convey the pain of the experience and the lessons to be learned, said the CJC’s chief executive officer, Bernie Farber. It stood out from the other two dozen or so submissions offered by top-calibre designers since last December, Mr. Farber said. As reported in the news.
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