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Design for Holocaust monument in Ottawa selected

Israel-Yad_Vashem_SculptureCanadian Heritage Minister Glover, Foreign Affairs Minister Baird and Multiculturalism Minister Uppal announced this morning the team that will create a national Holocaust monument in Ottawa, Canada. The team includes world-renowned architect Daniel Liebeskind and led by Gail Dexter Lord, co-president of Toronto-based Lord Cultural Resource, which was responsible for consulting on other projects such as the Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg and the 9/11 Museum in New York. Liebeskind’s buildings include the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen and many others.

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