Holocaust Education
It is important that the history of the Holocaust is taught, experienced, and remembered for generations who will not be able to meet survivors first-hand, and our initiative may be used to support compliance with North Carolina’s Federal and State Holocaust Education Acts. The actual photo of the murder of these women was used as the basis of the sculpture. The Monument will include a camera aimed at the women, enabling the public to peer through it as the Nazi photographer did as a form of “execution tourism,” however, now we can defy evil and death by becoming witnesses to the atrocity of antisemitism, and showing that we all have a way to stand up and resist that which is insufferable, intolerable and inhumane.
For information on Jewish placemaking and Holocaust Education Workshops built around the Liepāja Massacre and North Carolina’s First Women’s Monument contact Elizabeth Alberti at 631-897-8300 or e-mail her info@womenoftheshoahjp.org.
What We Do
Work with Holocaust survivors, community leaders and corporations to build public memorials that will honor the women and children who died in the Holocaust
Create public art that requires social engagement and the participation of diverse communities for its completion
Use art to transform the viewers’ perspective on antisemitism, racism and all genocide of women and children
Recognize the timely need to memorialize the history of the holocaust for the next generation
Play a leadership role in interactive education that uses the arts and Jewish place-making in Holocaust Education
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The Story of our First Monument
Is This For Us?
Would your community welcome a monument to women and children victims of genocide? Contact us to bring Jewish placemaking and Holocaust education to your community.
16-inch maquette (study) of what will be in bronze
“She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots”
In Honor of Brave Mothers EVA WEINER and SOFIA GURAKNIK
Building upon the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Holocaust, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” will be North Carolina’s First Women’s Holocaust Monument. This original sculpture by artist Victoria Milstein will honor the strength and resilience of all women. It will be beautifully situated in Greensboro’s LeBauer Park, becoming a “place-making” community experience for all. A portion of the Monument will be made from EConcrete, an Israeli based technology, that serves to tie the Holocaust to the land of Israel.
News & Events
Women of the Shoah Blog
‘It spoke to me’: Greensboro artist sculpts downtown Holocaust memorial based on picture of women before Nazis massacred them
Originally published in the Greensboro News & Record Written By Dawn Kane GREENSBORO — The 1941 photograph shows four women and a little girl standing arm in arm, moments before they were murdered by the Nazis. They had been told to strip to their underwear in the...
WFDD: Greensboro Artist Designs North Carolina’s First Women’s Holocaust Monument
A Greensboro-based artist has designed North Carolina’s first women’s holocaust monument. City Council has approved the project which will be placed in Greensboro’s LeBauer Park.
Fox 8’s Buckley Report
March 16, 2021North Carolina’s First holocaust memorial dedicated to women set to be displayed in LaBauer Park WGHP Fox 8 News by Bob BuckleyGREENSBORO, N.C. — As Victoria Milstein works on her latest project, she knows it is much more than just art. “We’re the...
March of the Living Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Milstein
March 1, 2021March of the Living Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Milstein (’18), Mid Atlantic, USA from International March of the Living"This week we are proud to feature Victoria Milstein, an alumna from the Mid Atlantic delegation of the March of the Living. Inspired...
Allen Johnson: Slowly, our memorials are beginning to reflect us all
To this day some people insist it never happened. Others prefer to repress the memory of it, as if not talking about it, or learning from it, will wash away its awful stain on humanity… As for the broader landscape, a fuller picture of our history is starting, slowly, to be reflected in parks and on town squares.
Legislature may appropriate money for downtown Holocaust memorial sculpture
The General Assembly may appropriate $250,000 to help pay for a Holocaust memorial that would be installed in downtown’s LeBauer Park.
Liepaja Memorial: Webinar Replay
On December 15, 2020 the Greensboro History Museum and Women of the Shoah – Jewish Placemaking held a virtual webinar to honor the women and children killed in the Liepaja Massacre of 1941. Watch the full replay.
WXII News 12 Highlights Our Monument
Greensboro City Council approves state’s first Holocaust monument dedicated to women and children. The monument is being designed and made by local artist and craftsmen.
Liepaja Memorial: Greensboro History Museum Holocaust Education Webinar
Learn about the history of the Liepāja Massacre during our memorial webinar in partnership with the Greensboro History Museum and their Holocaust education series.
16-inch maquette (study) of what will be in bronze
“She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots”
In Honor of Brave Mothers EVA WEINER and SOFIA GURAKNIK
Building upon the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Holocaust, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” will be North Carolina’s First Women’s Holocaust Monument. This original sculpture by artist Victoria Milstein will honor the strength and resilience of all women. It will be beautifully situated in Greensboro’s LeBauer Park, becoming a “place-making” community experience for all. A portion of the Monument will be made from EConcrete, an Israeli based technology, that serves to tie the Holocaust to the land of Israel.
Photo from the Liepāja massacre which took place between December 15 and 17, 1941, in which more than 5,000 women and children were murdered.
Arm in Arm
COLLABORATIVE WEBINAR
In Liepāja, Latvia, on December 15, 1941, thousands of Jewish women and children were taken to the women’s prison where they were forced to strip to their underclothes and shot dead in groups of 10. Many of the victims were photographed in their final moments by a Nazi photographer. One such photograph serves as the basis for our first Monument, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots”.
Join us for a social justice practice memorial of the Liepāja Massacre on December 15th, 2020.
Letters of Support
We have tremendous community support from state, federal and community leadership.
Who We Are
Meet our team
Shelly Weiner
Holocaust Survivor, Chair Holocaust Education
Sue Simmons
Founder/Board President, Development Professional, Community Volunteer
Elizabeth Alberti
Founder/Executive Director, Advancement Professional, Jewish Educator
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David M. Crowe, PhD
Holocaust Scholar/Co-Chair Holocaust Education, Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, Professor Emeritus of History & Law at Elon University
Victoria Carlin Milstein
Founder & Monument Artist, Painter, Teacher, Social Practice Artist
Marilyn Forman Chandler
Chair of Community Outreach, Executive Director of the Greensboro Jewish Federation
Who We Are
Meet our team
Shelly Weiner
Holocaust Survivor, Chair Holocaust Education
Marilyn Forman Chandler
Chair of Community Outreach, Executive Director of the Greensboro Jewish Federation
Julie Emmons
Chair
David M. Crowe, PhD
Holocaust Scholar/Co-Chair Holocaust Education, Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, Professor Emeritus of History & Law at Elon University
Victoria Carlin Milstein
Founder & Monument Artist, Painter, Teacher, Social Practice Artist
Jenny Kaiser
Chairwoman
Sue Simmons
Founder/Board President, Development Professional, Community Volunteer
Elizabeth Alberti
Founder/Executive Director, Advancement Professional, Jewish Educator
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Get Involved
Call 631-897-8300 or Contact Us to get involved
Donate
Want to support the Monument or our mission of Holocaust education? Your donation is tax deductible. This link will take you to the Community Foundation of Greensboro’s website to make a secure donation to Women of the Shoah – Jewish Placemaking.
Events
We will be hosting Holocaust education webinars and workshops to engage audiences on the subject of the Holocaust and genocide of women and children. Find out what is coming up next.
Volunteer
Join a committee to help spread our mission of Holocaust education and Jewish placemaking.
Contact Us
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Address
517 S Elm St.
Greensboro, NC 27406
Call Us
631-897-8300