The New England Holocaust Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the Jews that lost their lives in the Holocaust of World War II. You can visit it with your cheap car rental Boston while you are here. Located right off of the Freedom Trail near Faneuil Hall, you will find it is right in the center of Boston history.

Symbolism

When you visit with your cheap rental car Boston, you will find the New England Holocaust Memorial is made up of six glass towers that you can walk under. There are six million numbers that symbolize the six million killed in the Holocaust with random messages on the towers from people who lived through it. Each of the towers also symbolizes a different concentration camp (Majdanek, Chelmno, Sobibor, Treblinka, Belzec, and Auschwitz-Birkenau). Some people also think that the six towers can also represent the six candles on the menorah, six million Jews killed (one million per column), or the six years that the Holocaust took place (1939-1945).

Walk through

When you get here, you will find a granite panel that outlines the key historical events that lead to the Holocaust, from the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1933, to the end of the war in Europe in 1945. As you walk through the New England Holocaust Memorial, you will follow a black granite path through the memorial under the towers. At the base of each tower, you will see a grate that covers a six-foot deep chamber and the name of one of the primary concentration camps. The names of the camps are illuminated by smoldering coals. On the panels that feature statements, you will find a number of things, from personal experiences, the horror of camp life, and acts of resistance.

How to get here

If you would like to visit with your car rental Boston, you will find the New England Holocaust Museum in Carmen Park on Congress Street. It is located near Faneuil Hall on the historic Freedom Trail. It is walking distance from Haymarket Station on the Green and Orange subway lines, Government Center on the Blue and Green lines, and State Street on the Blue and Orange lines if you would like to leave your car behind.

Other things to explore in the area

The New England Holocaust Memorial is located near the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall. While you are here with your rental car Boston, you will like pass the Freedom Trail. This is a red path that runs through downtown Boston that will lead you to 16 significant historic sites in the city. It is a trail that is 2.5 miles long, from the Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Some of the sites included along the trail include Massachusetts State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel, Old State House, Paul Revere House, the Site of the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, the USS Constitution, and Bunker Hill Monument among others. Faneuil Hall is the Government Center in Boston, as well as a marketplace. Since 1742, it has been a meeting place and the site of many historical events. It is sometimes called the "Cradle of Liberty" because Samuel Adams and James Otis made speeches encouraging independence. As part of the Freedom Trail, and located right next to the New England Holocaust Memorial, you will be very close with your cheap car rental Boston.

When you visit Boston with your cheap car rental, you will find the New England Holocaust Memorial right off the Freedom Trail. This memorial is dedicated to those that lost their lives in the Holocaust.