A MEMORIAL created by an East Tilbury firm will appear in a national art exhibition about the Holocaust.
The memorial flame made by Madstone Ltd in partnership with Thurrock Council will appear in a national art exhibition to mark 75 years of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The firm put together the successful submission chosen as one of 75 flames to represent each year since the liberation of Auschwitz.
The flames will be displayed in an exhibition and unveiled at the UK ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day in London on Monday, January 27.
Moe Darr, director of Madstone Ltd, said: “Our final design, made in conjunction with Thurrock Council who is our working partner for community projects, has a flame appearing to rise up against the night sky, with shoes symbolising people coming together towards the flame from near and far.
“We inscribed this year’s theme of stand together 2020 in the sandstone tier and this is also gilded with gold leaf.
“Every year the council holds an annual ceremony at Palmers Rest Garden and residents and councillors lay pebbles on the horizontal planter and top of walls at the end of the ceremony.”
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