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into a newly dug pit in the centre of the ghetto. They were buried alive. Later that day when workers returned to the ghetto, the Nazis rounded up more victims and shot them in the same pit.
The proximity of the sculpture to the steps mean that as you descend into the pit, you are momentarily walking in the footsteps of those 5,000 victims. As you walk down, one cannot help but observe the individuals depicted in the sculpture. Faces have few details and their outlines are obscure; their stories are a mystery and their names are unknown, yet vividly to the point of almost being real, the sculpture shouts out fear, grief, pain and sorrow. Some of the figures prefer to not look down, other faces cry death, some are looking heavenwards. Little children are snuggled between the adults as if to deliberately protect them from the horror. Some figures are touching the person in front, but are about to be separated. Another
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