Monument national de l'Holocauste

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Le Monument national de l'Holocauste (en anglais : National Holocaust Monument) est un mémorial de l'Holocauste situé dans la ville d'Ottawa, Ontario, en face du Musée canadien de la guerre à l'angle nord-est de la rue Wellington et Booth et à environ 1,5 km de la Colline du Parlement. Le mémorial fut dévoilé le 27 septembre 2017 et a été conçu par Daniel Libeskind.

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National Holocaust Monument

The National Holocaust Monument is a Holocaust memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, across from the Canadian War Museum at the northeast corner of Wellington and Booth Streets, and about 1.5 km away from Parliament Hill. The memorial was designed by Daniel Libeskind. The National Holocaust Monument Act, which established plans to create the memorial in Canada's capital, received Royal Assent on March 25, 2011. The law was introduced as a private members bill by Tim Uppal, Minister of State and MP for Edmonton—Sherwood Park and received unanimous support. The monument features a view of the Peace Tower and photographs by Edward Burtynsky. The team was led by Lord Cultural Resources. Claude Cormier also lent his expertise; Cormier was initially reluctant to participate, but Libeskind persuaded him to join the project, hoping that Cormier would bring a sense of "hope and optimism." The monument is overseen by the National Capital Commission. The monument was planned to be unveiled in the fall of 2015, but later pushed back to the spring of 2017 due to delays in construction. The official unveiling occurred on September 27, 2017. In 2017, when the National Holocaust Monument of Canada was unveiled in Ottawa, the opening plaque made no mention of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis. Subsequently, chair, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Friedman took responsibility for the error. The monument was built due to the persistent activism of a second-year university student, Laura Grosman, who sought to learn why there was no monument for a certain cause and after finding unsatisfactory answers, took it upon herself to work towards establishing one. Laura began advocating for a monument to be built commemorating the Nazis' atrocities and as a beacon of light for Canadian Holocaust survivors. She campaigned and met with various Members of Parliament to support the introduction of a Private Members Bill. She is the granddaughter of a Polish-born Holocaust survivor. Among those she met with was newly elected Tory MP Tim Uppal, who later became Canada's Minister of State for Democratic Reform. Uppal introduced his first private member's bill in 2010, The National Holocaust Monument Act, to establish a national Holocaust monument in Canada. Uppal noted that Canada was the only allied nation without a National Holocaust Memorial. "I look on it as something I did as a Canadian: Canada needed this," said Uppal, who worked with Grosman to obtain backing from all parties. Uppal also said he was influenced to support the initiative by his wife, Kiran, who joined the Ottawa March of the Living delegation in 1994, the only Sikh participant in the journey. Initially, Grosman teamed up with Peter Kent, a former journalist and news anchor, who pledged his support. However, due to his appointment to the cabinet, Kent couldn't introduce a private member's bill. Kent sought out Tim Uppal, a newly elected Tory MP with a prime position on the order paper, who agreed to sponsor the bill - eventually named Bill-442. Uppal considered this endeavor a vital contribution to his nation and, alongside Grosman, worked to secure all-party support. Uppal and Grosman's worked in partnership in support of the legislation.

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The Canadian War Museum is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance. The 40,860 square metres museum building is situated south of the Ottawa River in LeBreton Flats. The museum houses a number of exhibitions and memorials, in addition to a cafeteria, theatre, curatorial and conservation spaces, as well as storage space. The building also houses the Military History Research Centre, the museum's library and archives. The Canadian War Museum was formally established in 1942, although portions of the museum's collections originate from a military museum that operated from 1880 to 1896. The museum was operated by the Public Archives of Canada until 1967, when the National Museums of Canada Corporation was formed to manage several national institutions, including the war museum. In the same year, the war museum was relocated from its original building to the former Public Archives of Canada building. Management of the museum was later assumed by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation in 1990. Plans to expand the museum during the mid-1990s resulted in the construction of a new building at LeBreton Flats. Designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects, the new Canadian War Museum building was opened to the public in 2005. The museum's collection contains more than 500,000 items related to military history, including more than 13,000 works of military art. In addition to its permanent exhibition, the museum has hosted and organized a number of travelling exhibitions relating to Canadian military history.

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La Loi sur le monument national de l'Holocauste (projet de loi C-442) qui prévoyait la création du mémorial dans la capitale du Canada, a reçu la sanction royale le 25 mars 2011. La loi a été présentée comme un projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire par Tim Uppal qui était à l'époque Ministre d’État et député d’Edmonton—Sherwood Park. Le monument sera supervisé par la Commission de la capitale nationale. Le monument devait être dévoilé à l'automne 2015 puis repoussé jusqu'au printemps 2017 en raison de retards dans la construction. Le dévoilement officiel a eu lieu le 27 septembre 2017. Le monument a été construit en raison de l'activisme persistant de l'ancienne étudiante à l'Université d'Ottawa, Laura Grosman. Laura a commencé à plaider en faveur de la construction d'un monument commémorant les atrocités commises par les nazis et d'un phare pour les survivants canadiens de l'Holocauste. Elle a fait campagne et rencontré divers députés pour appuyer la présentation d'un projet de loi émanant des députés. Elle est la petite-fille d'une survivante de l'Holocauste née en Pologne.

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Liste de musées et monuments commémoratifs de la Shoah Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal Musée canadien de la guerre Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada Colline du Parlement Portail d’Ottawa Portail de la Seconde Guerre mondiale Portail du judaïsme Portail de la Shoah