Once a home for a Holocaust-surviving couple, now the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, nestled at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue in the heart of Miami Beach, Florida, has witnessed a journey of survival and transformation. Designed by artist Kenneth Treister, it encompasses a site once owned by William and Florrie Loeb. Survivors who had migrated from Rotterdam, Netherlands, they purchased the property in the 1940s.
Florrie sold the house to the city of Miami Beach in the early 1970s. While the city initially had plans to make the site into a parking lot, it instead became the site for the memorial. There remain trees in the back of the Memorial that were planted by the original owners of the property in the 1920s and 1930s.
The memorial was established in 1985 as a non-profit organization and opened on February 4, 1990, with Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel as guest speaker at the dedication ceremonies. Miami Attorney and Holocaust survivor Andrew C. Hall serves as chairman.
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