in Letter from Tom

Monument Erected in the Camp by Freed Prisoners

Germany, April 1945

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Thirteen men sit on the steps of a large stone memorial festooned with wreaths. The memorial reads, “K.L.B. 51,000.”
Photograph of thirteen freed prisoners sitting on the steps of one of the first Holocaust memorials. The memorial has 51,000 written inside a wreath and the letters K.L.B at the top.

Freed prisoners built this memorial in Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. It commemorates the 51,000 known victims who died there. It may be the first Holocaust memorial ever built.

Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Dr. Tom Perry Sr. 93.08.0102

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