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Holocaust sculpture to be built at Rackham
By BARB MKELVEY
FOR THE DAILY
OnthenightofNovember9,1938,
German Jews officially became an
endangered class.
This date - now know as
"Kristallnacht," or night of the broken
glass - marked the beginning of an
externination project that ultimately
resulted in the deaths of 11 million
Jews, Slavs, Pols and other ethnicities.
One point five million Jewish children
were killed.
How could anyone forget?
Despite its incomprehensible vio-
lence,the Holocaustfadesinto memory
with each passing year as it becomes
more a topic for textbooks than for
discussion. And despite allevidence to
thecontrary,somecontendthatitnever
even occurred.
In order to insure that the Ann
Arbor communityremembers,a Holo-
caust memorial is being planned for
the campus.
In 1988, the Ann Arbor City Coun-
cil established the Holocaust Memo-
rialFoundationtoorganizetheproject.
Foundation board member David
Schteingart said the sculpture is meant
not only to educate but also to warn,
especially in light of civil war in the
former Yugoslavia.
"The world has not learned to stop
aggression. This is different, because
it is a Civil War," Schteingart said.
"However, when extermination be-
comes systematic against a particular
group, it is a crime against all human-
ity,"
University PresidentJamesDuder-
stadt authorized the council to locate
its statue on the University campus,
adjacenttothe HoraceRackhamSchool
of Graduate Studies.
The location waschosen because it
was formerly the site of a Jewish cem-
etery.University Vice President Farris
Womack said the site marks the first
evidenceofaJewishpresenceinMichi-
gan.
The memorial, named "Raoul
Wallenberg Plaza," willdepictagriev-
ing person with anupraisedarm,which
FoundationPresidentRobert Levy said
intends to symbolize hope.
FoundationmemberLarry Crockett
said the silhouette is largely intended
to be a Holocaust survivor or relative,
but people can interpret its symbolism
through their own experiences.
The statue will be seven feet high
with a three- to four-foot-tall base,
composed mostly of bronze.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Univer-
sity alumn who saved thousands of
Hungarian Jews from the Nazis.
Levy said world-renowned artist
Leonard Baskin was selected out of
approximately 77 artists to take on the
project.
Best known for his work with the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
in Washington, D.C., Baskin was se-
lected because of the quality of his
work.
Levy also said Baskin has strong
ties to the Jewish faith, noting that
Baskin has illustrated many religious
books, including the widely used Pass-
over Hagaddah.
The memorial is similar to the
Washingtonprojectin that it was given
a designated spot of land but is funded
through private donations, Levy said.
While many members of the foun-
dation had personal experiences with
the Holocaust - some are even con-
centrationcampsurvivors-the grass-
roots community effort solicited funds
from diverse sources.
So far, $50,000 has been collected
out of a hoped-for $250,000, by plac-
ing ads in the University alumni maga-
zine and sending letters to the commu-
nity and faculty.
Levy stated thatmemorializing the
Holocaust in the United States has
becomecontroversialbecausethetrag-
edy did not actually occur here.
He said he shares the opinion of
LeonWesseltier fromthe New Repub-
lic that Holocaust memorials are im-
portant to the United States because it
is a nation of immigrants.
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Recycling finds a new low - your feet
By JULIE GARREWT
DALYSTAFFREPO6TER
What do plastic bottles, coffee fil-
ters, polystyrene cups and tire rubber
all have in common?
What about diapers, wet suits and
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The idea for Deja Shoe began 20
years ago with high school student
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After learning the basics of
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Deja, Inc., run by Lewis and three
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thatnoneofitsproductsshouldcontain
materials from domestic- or wild-ani-
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and water-based ink are used in pro-
ducing the shoes and the box they
come in.
Perhaps the mostunusual aspectof
the shoes is that they can be shipped
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"Nothing is really in competition,"
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ploy?
Likeanyotherbusiness,Dejawants
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"The marketing ploy can't be de-
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versity Avenue.
"That's how things work. If (the
shoes)aren'tfinanciallyprofitable,then
the company can't afford to manufac-
ture them," Reilly said.
Both Footprints' and Bivouac's
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the 30-something crowd.
"Theshoesseemtobeforsomeone
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shoe," said Allison Clark, RC junior
and Footprints sales clerk.
Matt Fredericks, an LSA junior,
tried on a pair of high tops and liked
them.
'The comfort is astounding," he
said. "They look like a cross between
Chuck Taylors and Vans. It's
Bauhausen aesthetic."
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