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This is the NY Supreme Court of Appellate Division, open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except public holidays.
Located just on the facade of the building is the Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust on the 25th Street side of the building. Completed in 1990 by Harriet Feigenbaum, it is a six-sided half column rising 27 feet above its base. From the NY Gov page, it is described as "The five-sided concave base extends one story below ground level, the overall height of the Memorial being 38 feet. Carvings of flames along the length of the column recall the flames of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. They appear to blow in the direction of the courthouse as if to threaten the symbol of Justice. A relief of an aerial view of the main camp at Auschwitz is carved into the base at eye level. An inscription "Indifference to Injustice" has been carved above the relief, "Is the Gate to Hell" below it. Specific locations at Auschwitz are identified: Torture Chamber, Execution Wall, Gas Chamber and Crematorium 1, Commandant's House. The source of the image of the death camp is a photograph taken during an Allied bombing raid on August 25, 1944. By the selection of this photograph, the artist is saying that the Allies must have known of the camp and they took no action. On the base under the relief is a giant flame extending below ground level as a final reminder of Crematorium 1 at Auschwitz."