Plans for a “living memorial” to the victims of the Nazi Holocaust are taking shape, and it will be constructed adjoining the Jewish Community Library here, according to Morton Silverman, chairman of the Jewish Federation-Councils Memorial Project Committee. The entire structure, including the library will contain 5,000 square feet and house Jewish community archives, historical documents pertaining to the Nazi era, exhibits, and a sanctuary. When completed, it will be the first and only of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Silverman said that no work would begin on the project until at least three-quarters of the money required for its construction and the library’s alteration is realized. The project will cost approximately $200,000. The idea for the project had its origin more than a decade ago among the 35,000 war refugees who now reside in Los Angeles. They felt it fitting that the millions of Innocent Jews who gave their lives must not be forgotten. They also felt it to be appropriate that the second largest Jewish community in the U.S. have such a memorial. The only other similar memorials are in Paris and Israel.
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