The New England Holocaust Memorial honors the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and stands as a place of remembrance and education in downtown Boston. Set in a narrow park between Congress and Union Streets near Faneuil Hall, the memorial consists of six luminous glass towers, each representing a major Nazi death camp. Visitors walk through the towers, which are etched with numbers evoking the tattoos forced on concentration-camp prisoners, while steam rises from grates below.
Dedicated in 1995, the memorial sits directly on Boston’s Freedom Trail, linking the Revolutionary-era history of the surrounding area with a modern call to confront genocide and intolerance. Inscriptions and survivor testimony along the walkway invite quiet reflection. Because it is an open-air public space, the memorial is accessible at all hours, making it easy to visit alongside Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market just steps away.
Good to know
- Free outdoor memorial, open and accessible to the public at all times
- Comprises six glass towers, one for each major Nazi death camp
- Located directly on Boston’s Freedom Trail beside Faneuil Hall
- A place of quiet remembrance; allow time to read the inscriptions
Getting there
- Address: 98 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108 (Carmen Park, between Congress and Union Streets near Faneuil Hall)
- Neighborhood: Downtown (near Faneuil Hall / Government Center)
- Nearest T: Haymarket (Orange and Green Lines) or State Street (Blue and Orange Lines), each a short walk