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New York (JTA) — After 13 years a half-million persons or more per
of uncertainty, supporters of a year," he added.
Asked why New York needs a
Holocaust museum in New York
have announced they will final- Holocaust museum in addition to
ly be able to start building the ed- the well-received museum in
Washington, Mr. Altshuler
ifice this fall.
A Living Memorial to the Holo- replied, "When I worked on the
caust-Museum of Jewish Her- museum in Washington, people
itage will be located in Battery asked 'why there?' when there
Park City in lower Manhattan was already Yad Vashem (in
and is slated to open in late 1996. Jerusalem).
"One day after Washington
The museum, which will en-
compass the most tortured his- opened, nobody asked the ques-
torical era of the Jewish people, tion again," he said.
New York is a logical site for a
will face the Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island, symbols of hope and Holocaust museum, he said, be-
welcome to those who success- cause "New York is the home to
fully fled the tyranny that con- the largest Jewish community in
sumed 6 million Jews.
Under the terms of a lease
signed last week, new financing
that will cover half the $15 mil-
lion expected construction cost
will come from the Battery Park
City Authority. Other funds will
come from private contributions.
The new 99-year lease over-
rides a 99-year lease signed in
September 1986. The new plans the world," many Holocaust sur-
call for the leasing of a much vivors and "one of the more cul-
smaller parcel of land than the turally, religious and ethnically
diverse and interesting cities in
one leased eight years ago.
The original plans fell through the world.
"It is unthinkable that there
in large part because the muse-
urn was heavily dependent on would not be a permanent memo-
supporters in the real estate in- rial to the victims of the Holo-
dustry, which suffered a severe caust here, and particularly an
educational institution that
downturn in the 1980s.
The museum was designed as teaches about Jewish life. And I
a grey granite hexagon, the six emphasize life," Mr. Altshuler
points of the hexagon meant to said.
The museum is intended to
symbolize the 6 million Jews who
perished in the Holocaust and to educate visitors about Jewish life
invoke the six-pointed Star of before and after the Holocaust.
The museum was developed
David.
The museum's collection — by the New York City Holocaust
about 13,000 artifacts amassed Memorial Commission, which
since plans for the museum be- was founded in 1981 and is co-
gan in 1981 — includes clothing chaired by Manhattan District
worn by survivors after they were Attorney Robert Morgenthau and
liberated. It also contains articles George Klein, a real estate de-
of infamy, such as a shoe insole veloper.
the Nazis made from a desecrat-
ed Torah and an anti-Semitic
children's book with ugly carica-
tures of Jews.
The museum, which merged
in 1989 with the Center for Holo-
caust Studies in Brooklyn found-
ed by Professor Yaffa Eliach, has Tel Aviv (JTA) — Some 5,000
taped interviews of more than people a day visit the Yad
Vashem Holocaust memorial in
3,000 Holocaust survivors.
'What we really want to do is Jerusalem daily, according to the
expand the fulfillment of our mis- first survey organized by the in-
sion to educate the public about stitution.
The museum and memorial is
modem Jewish history and the
Holocaust," said David Altshuler, visited by about 1.3 million peo-
ple annually, making it the most
director of the museum.
"While we have been able to do visited site in the country after
some programming out of a the Western Wall, according to
makeshift set of offices, we cer- the survey.
Avner Shalev, chairman of the
tainly look forward to the day in
1996 when our facility will open Yad Vashem Directorate, noted
in Battery Park City, opposite the that the museum was originally
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, built to accommodate only about
and will be able to accommodate 300,000 visitors per year.
The museum has
taped interviews of
more than 3,000
Holocaust survivors.
Visits Up
At Yad Vashem