Memorial To The 6 Million Maquette  

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Name: Memorial To The 6 Million Maquette
Medium: Bronze
Date Made: 1958
Dimensions: 050*015*005
Cast: 1 of 6
Kria
Memorial To The 6 Million
Martyrs, The
Scaled Drawing for Monument to the Six Million
Mogendavid with Emaciated Figure Study
Cain

An international competition was held for the commission and Herman Wald won it. An apocryphal story exists that his very first idea for the monument was realised in great haste while he was travelling on a crowded bus. Unable to draw, he made an initial model using a large block of cheese he was carrying.

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