Public Artwork
Kristallnacht (Nuit de cristal)
Location:
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 de la Côte Ste–Catherine Rd., Montréal, QC, H3W 1M6, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Lemieux, Lisette
Text author(s):
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year:
2003 Description:
The artwork is shaped as a frieze panel and installed along three of the lobby's walls. The black frieze panel is pierced with words in French, English, Hebrew and Yiddish. The cut-out first layer opens onto a second layer made of broken glass that is lit from behind, evoking Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" when Jewish storefront windows were shattered in November 1938.
Text of the artwork:
APPRENDRE RESSENTIR SE SOUVENIR TO LEARN TO FEEL TO REMEMBER
Text theme:
History, Responsibility
Artwork theme:
History, Racism, Prejudices
Architect(s):
Ibghy, André (architect) 
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