Many famous memorials across the globe are completely different from each other however they bring people together in times of grief and symbolise the importance of memorials and having a place to remember loved ones. This blog shall explore four of these memorials.
1. The Thiepval Memorial for World War One
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme honours the 72,337 British and South African personnel who perished in the Battles of the Somme during the First World War and have no known burial, so this memorial monument acts as a mass grave and grieving place.
The little town of Thiepval would have witnessed one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history on July 1, 1916, during the First World War. At its completion, a region roughly the size of the Isle of Wight would have seen 3.5 million British and Commonwealth men engage in combat. Today, we are more familiar with this conflict under the name Battle of the Somme.
2. The Holocaust Memorial
The German parliament agreed to create a major memorial, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in 1999 following protracted discussions. Peter Eisenman, an architect from New York, won the contest to design it. In 2005, the monument was formally inaugurated. Eisenman erected 2711 different-height concrete stelae on a 19,000-square-metre plot. The space is open day and night, and you may enter the accessible spatial structure from all four corners.
3. Choeung Ek Memorial
During Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979), the Khmer Rouge dictatorship ruled Cambodia while adhering to a radical ideology that was derived from many communist ideologies and political practices. This resulted in the torture and murder of thousands of victims. The highlight of the memorial is a large stupa that is crammed with the skulls and bones of more than 8000 victims that were discovered in the nearby mass graves. After depositing flowers and incense sticks in a jar of sand offered as a sign of respect for the Buddhist faith, you can view and enter the memorial.
4. Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation
It is a monument honouring the 200,000 persons who were sent to the Nazi concentration camps from Vichy France during World War II. It is situated in Paris, France, underground behind Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite, where a mortuary formerly stood. Charles de Gaulle inaugurated it in 1962 after French modernist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson created it.
Having a memorial is so important to remember those who lived before us and to have a place to respect their lives. At Stewarton Memorials, we provide memorials that will give you and your family a meaningful place to remember your loved ones. Please contact us for more information on our memorials.
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