Place of the week: Holocaust Memorial

Photo: Courtesy ewen and donabel on the Flickr Creative Commons

Winter evenings are an especially haunting time to visit the Holocaust Memorial in Boston. Right in the middle of the action by Faneuil Hall, you'll find the six towers representing the six main Nazi concentration camps, eerily reminiscent of smokestacks. The glass surfaces of the 54-foot structures are etched with a total of six million numbers, like icy versions of the tattoos given to prisoners during the Holocaust. Take the time to fully absorb the magnitude of the Holocaust and notice all the little details, like the way the smouldering flames at the bottom of each tower light up an inscription of the name of a concentration camp.

The Holocaust Memorial
Located on Congress Street, along the Freedom Trail. To get there by T, head to the Haymarket, State Street, or Government Center stops--all are within walking distance of the site.
Phone: 617 457 8755
Web: www.nehm.org