Holocaust Survivor Aliza Erber speaking at Yom HaShoah Commemoration ceremony at Garden of Remembrance. Photo credit: Raya Cottrell Photography

Located in the middle of downtown White Plains, N.Y. on the side of the Michaelian Office Building at 148 Martine Avenue, this memorial was established to honor the memories of the millions of men, women and children persecuted during the Holocaust, and to pay tribute to the brave people of all faiths who risked their lives to save others.

Within the Garden stands the "Gates of Remembrance" that were designed and created in 1992 by sculptor Rita Rapaport to memorialize the suffering and death of millions during the Nazi era from 1933 to 1945. The posts supporting the Gates appear to be blown by the wind, and they evoke the memories of the flames or chimneys of the crematoria. To some, they will resemble the Hebrew letter Vov, which represents the number six, for the six days of creation, or the six million Jewish victims. The Gates themselves may symbolize the bars of a prison or the entrances to concentration camps. There are five plaques on the Gates which depict images meaning Zachor (Remember); torn fabric bearing a prisoner's number; barbed wire representing concentration camps; the Bible in flames commemorating Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) when the Holocaust began; and the broken tablets of the Ten Commandments.