{"nrhp_refnum":"08000351","name":"Memorial to the Six Million","other_names":["Memorial to the Six Million Martyrs"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"1173 Cascade Ave. SW.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.724659634000034,"lon":-84.45532136899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An open-air Holocaust memorial of interlocking Stone Mountain granite walls in Greenwood Cemetery, southwest Atlanta, Georgia, completed in 1965 and designed by architect Benjamin Hirsch.","why_significant":"It was the first Holocaust memorial built in Georgia and remains the largest in the state, created by Atlanta survivors as a place to say Kaddish for family members killed in the Holocaust. It is also presented as an early large-scale architectural Holocaust memorial and an excellent example of modern architecture used for commemoration in Georgia.","narrative":"Set in Greenwood Cemetery in southwest Atlanta, this open-air memorial is made of four interlocking L-shaped granite walls, seven to thirteen feet tall, laid in uncoursed Stone Mountain granite. Entrances on all four sides lead to a roofless interior where six white torches rise from a black granite coffin holding ashes from the Dachau mass grave. Bronze plaques and stone markers inscribed in English and Hebrew carry memorial messages, including rows of yahrzeit plaques for the families of local survivors. Completed in 1965, it was built by a group of Atlanta Holocaust survivors, Eternal Life-Hemshech, who raised $11,000 through mostly $100 contributions. They wanted a place to say Kaddish for relatives who had no known graves. Architect Benjamin Hirsch, himself a survivor, designed an abstract, unadorned monument that departs from classical memorial traditions. It was Georgia's first Holocaust memorial and is still the site of annual services.","period_of_significance":"1965","architect_builder":"Hirsch, Benjamin (architect); Besser, Abraham (builder)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a memorial and burial site; memorial services are held each year during Holocaust Memorial Day week in spring and the High Holy Days in fall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.511241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08000351.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000351/7a085f248c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000351/7a085f248c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geoff Bartlett","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_to_the_Six_Million.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoff Bartlett</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_to_the_Six_Million.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208260","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134322873"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/memorial-to-the-six-million-08000351/"}