Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Peel
- Town
- Peel
- County
- Isle of Man
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust, Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 06/04/2017
Attended by: Mrs Clare Christian, former President of Tynwald - Opened
Date: 16/04/2017
Attended by: Dr Richard Arning & Leonard Singer (West: German and Jewish communities); Katrina Davidson (North: Ukranian born); Megan Walkom (South: Student visitor to Rwanda); Vicky Harrop (East) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 97525
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Current location
To the South-West of the Cathedral
Cathedral Gardens
St German's Cathedral Church
Junction of Tynwald Road Atholl Street
Peel
Peel
Isle of Man
IM5 1HH
Isle of Man
OS Grid Ref: SC 24608 84036
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An established grove of mature beech trees within which an abstract statue commemorating the nearby WW1 Knockaloe Internment Camp has been installed as the centrepiece of a garden which simultaneously recognises that the internees came from all over the world, whilst using that fact to illustrate four of the most egregious examples of genocide - one for each corner of the world - of the twentieth century. The sculpture is of bronze, stainless steel, glass, granite, and tile, and evokes the artistic talents of Archibald Knox, the famous local artist who acted as a Censor at the Camp, and the contribution to the world of one of the Internees, Josef Pilates, who developed his renowned fitness regime during his years of internment. Their names are inscribed, along with the names of others associated with the camp, in the granite surrounding the base of the sculpture. The circular base itself, which is topped by a slate ring bearing the name of the person who unveiled the statue, consists of a row of granite setts between coloured tiles made by people from various local communities, which illustrate the fables used in the four genocide gardens. The gardens, represent their respective genocides - the Jewish Holocaust (West), the Ukrainian holodomor (North), the Nanjing Massacre (East), and the Rwandan genocide (South) - through the medium of fables from their regions, with the plants in each garden illustrating its respective fable.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Civilian (19th; 20th and 21st Centuries)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze, Stainless Steel, Glass, Ceramic, Granite - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Undefined
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Culture Vannin, the Isle of Man Arts Council, The Jerusalem Trust, the Inlight Foundation, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company - Responsibility
- The Cathedral Chapter
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