(Jewish Group) Oldest Holocaust memorial in US gets federal protection amid rise of antisemitism [View all]
The Holocaust Monument at Zion Memorial Park in Bedford Heights, Ohio, has been an anchor for the Cleveland area's Jewish community for more than 60 years. Now, it is the first Holocaust remembrance site outside Washington, D.C., to be designated a National Holocaust Memorial by U.S. lawmakers.
The monument is likely the first and oldest Holocaust memorial in the United States, according to a statement from U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and the Kol Israel Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1959 by Holocaust survivors who settled in Cleveland.
"This designation of a national memorial ensures that the Holocaust can't be denied. It can't be forgotten," Kol Israel Foundation executive director Hallie Duchon told USA TODAY.
The designation came as part of the federal omnibus spending bill Congress passed Dec. 23.
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