National Holocaust Monument

Opened in 2017 across from the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, this is Canada's national memorial to the six million Jews and other victims murdered in the Holocaust. Designed by a team led by architect Daniel Libeskind, its concrete walls form a star of David seen from above, enclosing spaces that guide visitors through confinement, loss and hope. Large photographic murals of the death camps and forests line the interior. A rising ramp leads toward a Flame of Remembrance and views of Parliament, turning grief toward the future.