A new Holocaust memorial garden is set to open at a Nottinghamshire country park. The new £45,000 memorial garden at Gedling Country Park will commemorate the millions of people who lost their lives in the Holocaust and other genocide atrocities across the world.
The primary feature of the memorial garden, which will open on Monday (March 20), is a sculpture of a flame to represent the Holocaust Memorial, surrounded by a circular footpath, cherry trees, native wildflowers and several benches. The garden will offer visitors a peaceful place where they can reflect on and remember the millions of men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke, and deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, Cllr Michael Payne, will open the garden alongside members of the Nottingham Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. Cllr Clarke said: "The duty to remember the victims of the Holocaust is an integral part of our shared history and humanity.
