Administered by City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation 2300 15th Street, Suite 150 Denver Colorado 80202
Located Babi Yar Park Havana Street, Yale Avenue, Dayton Street, & Parker Road Denver Colorado
Date:
Dedicated Oct. 1, 1983
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
Image on file.
(On left monolith, south face:) IN MEMORIAM/TO THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND VICTIMS/WHO DIED/BABI YAR, KIEV, UKRAINE, USSR/SEPTEMBER 29, 1941 - NOVEMBER 6, 1943/THE MAJORITY JEWS WITH UKRANIANS/AND OTHERS (Text in Yiddish which in translation reads: My God, remember; text in Ukrainian which in translation reads: Perpetual memory to all victims of terror) (On right monolith, south face:) Decades ago.../Still the aching sadness/Innocents.../People who loved/Forever silenced by Nazi terror./Sharing eternally.../The mystic number... six million/A holocaust for the Jews of Europe/A tragedy for all humanity/Remember... unsigned
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Summary:
Located at the southern entrance to the park, these two monoliths are placed several feet apart. The south face and inner surfaces are flat and smooth; the other sides are left rough. There is a stylized oak leaf on the south face, near the bottom of both monoliths.
