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Holocaust Memorial sketch

Collection
Opall Family Papers and Photographs
Source
Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center
Date
c. 1982

The B’nai B’rith Fayette Lodge No. 471 commissioned a Holocaust memorial from sculptor Zeljko Kujudzic. As seen in this early sketch, the design featured two large stone monuments, spelling the Hebrew word chai or “life.”

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