A sculpture by Alfred Tibor, cast from the original donated to the Agudas Achim Synagogue by members of the Schottenstein family, stands in memory of six million Jewish martyrs of the Holocaust, members of the E.L. Schottenstein family, and Alfred Tibor’s parents, brother, and eighty-two other family members whose lives were taken by the Nazis along with six million Jews and countless others during the Holocaust. Framed by lines from Emma Lazarus, it recalls a time in the twentieth century when bigotry and racial hatred ruled, the suffering of millions went unnoticed, human dignity was systematically destroyed, and humanity seemed to have lost its way. It calls for remembrance so the world does not forget and sets forth a legacy of conscience, peace, tolerance, and human understanding for future generations.
