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 Ezekiel 37:5 - Slivka Holocaust Monument - Portland, ME USA Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 43° 39.978 W 070° 17.045
19T E 396474 N 4835611
This quote is to be found on a beautiful monument in a beautiful setting, a memorial to holocaust victims and those killed fighting the Nazis, placed in a green space at the west end of Longfellow Street in Portland.
Waymark Code: WMP3F7
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2015
Views: 2
Donated to the city by Rochelle (Blechman) & Jerry Slivka, the memorial is intended to honour their family members and the six million Jews killed by the Nazis, as well as those killed in battle against the Nazis.
The quote, "Thus said the Lord GOD to these bones Behold, I will cause breath to enter you and you shall live", is a close paraphrase of the English Standard Version of the bible. It is embossed on a small bronze plaque affixed to the front of the square vertical steel column which comprises part of the monument.
Context:
37:4 - Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'
37:5 - "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
37:6 - 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.
The memorial, designed by artist, sculptor and U Maine Professor of Art Robert Katz in 2003, consists of an unpreserved square steel column with bronze plaques, a large mounted horizontal engraved granite stone and a matching granite bench, all mounted upon brick pavers. The bench is dedicated to Rochelle & Jerry Slivka "For Their Dedication to Holocaust Education". On either side of the memorial are shrub and flower beds, the whole surrounded by grass and mature trees. In the beds are six dogwoods, to commemorate the six million killed. In the spring they bloom yellow, which commemorates the yellow start the Nazis forced all Jews to wear.
The first public holocaust memorial in Maine, it was dedicated August 10, 2003, before a solemn crowd of 300. Altogether, this is a beautiful monument, intended to remind us of one of the darkest eras of our recent past.
Rochelle passed away in 2005 while Jerry Slivka died on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 at the age of 97. They were founding members of the Maine Holocaust Human Rights Center.
Address:
Longfellow & Devonshire Streets
Portland, ME USA
04103
Website: [Web Link]
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