Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial

Not signed as being the memorial

Do you want to enjoy green this is place that you have to go

Bland memorial. Though peaceful and relaxing to spend some minutes remembering the victims of horrible Holocaust.

I went there to lay daffodils to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. I was sad to learn I was the only one. Hope to meet you there next year, April 19. Bring daffodils. The place is beautiful, and the nearby waterfall makes it a perfect place to sit, pray and cry.

Lovely little picnic spot, especially in summer! Lots of shade and benches.

Sehr gepflegter kleiner Park als Gedenkstätte. Kurz innehalten und erinnern an die vielen Toten eines grausamen Gewaltregimes. Never again! Never forget!

Aside the immaculately landscaped and enclosed ‘waterfall’ feature , happen upon an informal copse of silver birch trees shrouding unremarkable boulders on a gravel bed.
An unheralded, unaffected and simple setting, allowing for contemplation. Here nature whispers eloquently, redounding wordlessly, unsettling and disconcerting amidst the everyday commonplaceness.
Speaks volumes while gently nudging complacency.

The Holocaust Memorial in Hyde Park, London, was the first public memorial in Great Britain dedicated to victims of the Holocaust. It lies to the east of the Serpentine Lake, in The Dell, an open-air area within the park. Since its unveiling in 1983 remembrance services have taken place at the memorial every year.

The memorial was built in 1983, funded by the Board of Deputies of British Jews under the impetus of then president Greville Janner, a Labour Party MP. It was designed by Mark Badger, Richard Seifert and Derek Lovejoy and Partners. It was unveiling on 28 June 1983, during a service led by then-Environment Secretary Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding. Attended by a crowd of 500 spectators including Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Jenkin described the memorial as "a reminder of the past and a warning for the future." The attending guests then sang hymns and "Adon Olam", a Sabbath hymn.

The then-shadow Environment Secretary Gerald Kaufman, whose grandmother was murdered by the Nazis in Poland, also stated that "the memorial was essential because the German responsibility was partly shared by other countries."

The memorial consists of two boulders lying within a gravel bed, surrounded by a copse of silver birch trees. It is inscribed in both English and Hebrew with the words "For these I weep. Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people" which is a quotation from the Book of Lamentations.

Very nice park. Good place for a long walk.