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photo from Still Picture Branch (NWDNS), National Archives at College Park

Visit the website below to explore existing Holocaust memorials. Use these sites to help brainstorm elements to include in your proposed memorial. Ideas to think about may include:

• What type of architecture or building would be appropriate for your memorial?
• What audio and visual materials would you include in your memorial?
• Are there any interviews or personal accounts you can include?
• What's the goals or purpose of each of the existing memorials?
• What's the goal or purpose of your memorial?
• Where are the existing memorials situated?
• Where will your memorial be built?

Download and jot down your ideas on the Brainstorming sheet.

1. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial (Israel)
   http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/
2. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
   http://www.ushmm.org/
3. Miami Beach Holocast Memorial Museum
   http://www.ci.miami-beach.fl.us/newcity/tourism/holocst.html
4. Inventing and Invoking Tradition in Holocaust Memorials
   http://www.temple.edu/isllc/newfolk/memorials1.html
5. Concentration Camp Memorial Neuengamme
   http://www.hamburg.de/Neuengamme/welcome.en.html