Leonard Baskin (Aug. 15, 1922)

Baskin is an American sculptor and painter. He designed the Holocaust Memorial that stands on the University of Michigan campus in Raoul Wallenberg plaza on the site of the oldest Jewish cemetery in town (now destroyed).



The text at the base of the statue reads:

In memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

In memory of the millions more destroyed by prejudice

and hatred during World War II.

In memory of those righteous and courageous few who risked

their lives to save the victims of Nazism.

May this memorial inspire us to resist tyranny and inhumanity

wherever and whenever they threaten.

A GIFT OF

THE ANN ARBOR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

MARCH 13, 1994

Baskin is well-known as an illustrator. One of my favorites is a Haggadah.