Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial Competition, New Jersey

Six million lives.... rings of enduring memory 

The memorial foundation is water, flowing across a shallow infinity pool. 

Two Judaic symbols are at the heart of the memorial: the parting of the Red Sea and a simple unbroken ring. 

The Jews were delivered from annihilation 5,000 years ago when the waters of the Red Sea parted. The ring symbolizes love and infinite faith, with no beginning, no end. We recreate the “parting of the sea” with two walls comprised of six million rings, each ring a tribute to the enduring memory of Jewish Holocaust victims. The rings are layered in rows of eighteen – the Hebrew number for chai ... life. They will shimmer in the wind and yield to the touch. The rings envelop visitors as they ascend a modest ramp to an upper level. 

From the upper level, seen over the dune, is the expansive, enduring Atlantic Ocean.