Tennessee's Holocaust Memorial

Dedicated in 1986, Tennessee's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust stands on the grounds of the State Capitol in Nashville. This living memorial of six cedar trees surrounds a permanent marker on a stone base. The cedars, native to Tennessee, are planted on the sloping Capitol grounds facing a broad avenue. On the plaque the following words are inscribed: "We must never forget. The people of Tennessee dedicate these trees to the six million innocent victims of the Nazi Holocaust (1939-1945). Let all other generations remember so that no other holocausts occur."