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Liberation (Holocaust memorial)
Liberation is a bronze Holocaust memorial created by the sculptor Nathan Rapoport, located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Officially dedicated on May 30, 1985, the monument portrays an American soldier, carrying the body of a Holocaust survivor out of a Nazi concentration camp.〔("Art and Architecture of New Jersey," ETTC.net. )〕
==Background==
This memorial sculpture was commissioned by the State of New Jersey and sponsored by a coalition of veterans organizations. It was strategically located so that it would face the Statue of Liberty and form a "topological triad" that would include Liberation, Liberty Island, and Ellis Island.〔(Young, James Edward, "The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning," 1983, Yale University Press, page 321. )〕 According to at least one scholar, the inclusion of the monument in this "triad" is to recognize the Holocaust as a "counterpoint" to "American democratic and egalitarian ideals," in the same way the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. serves as counterpoint to the values embodied in other national monuments.〔(DeCoste, F.C., and Schwartz, Bernard, "The Holocaust's ghost: writings on art, politics, law, and education," The University of Alberta Pres, 2000, page 170. )〕
The monument is fifteen feet tall and weighs approximately two tons.〔U.S. Department of Defense Guide to Observances, Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987.〕 It recalls America's self-perception in terms of the role of the U.S. military in the liberation of the camps, and as a refuge for many survivors.〔 The Liberty Park Monument Committee, formed by New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean, was tasked with raising funds for a monument "to honor American servicemen as liberators of oppressed peoples." The official State resolution issued on the day of the monument's dedication noted that, "our service members fought, not to conquer or to be aggressors, but rather to rescue and restore freedom to those persecuted and oppressed by the fascist powers."〔
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