NISKAYUNA, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — A new memorial is coming to Niskayuna to help the Capital Region remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust . The group behind the project is hoping to inspire others to confront hate.
It’s been over five years since the idea came about, but Niskayuna may finally see construction start on a Holocaust memorial.
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“The land was donated by Bishop Scharfenberger and the church, the Catholic church,” David Dembling, President of the Capital District Holocaust Memorial and one of the designers of the project, said.
Dembling said the memorial will be in the shape of the Star of David.
“There are symbols of the Holocaust, but in a timeline fashion,” he explained. “The first stop is what life was like before the Holocaust. And then the progression of the Holocaust works around in a counter-clockwise-like manner, from Kristallnacht to the final solution. And then in the center, there’s an opportunity to bear witness or to have an area for reflection.”