Design of a Memorial for the Holocaust in Lyon, France
Collaboration
The Association pour l'Edification d'un Mémorial de la Shoah à Lyon has organized a competition for the design of a Holocaust Memorial in Place Carnot, Lyon. The participation to this competition originated from an internship at Laura Micalizzi Design studio of Domus Academy Urban Architecture student Victoria Paltilov, and Kseniia Dolgikh-Ocheret, an interior designer based in Russia. We worked intensely and remotely as a team for a period of 4 months before presenting the work and were selected as finalists among more than 90 submissions. Our commitment to designing the Holocaust sculpture in Lyon has been fueled by our collective passion and unique motivations, converging to create a profound and meaningful tribute. Each of us has brought our individual strengths and perspectives to this project, enriching our collaboration with depth and dynamism.
Victoria Paltilov
Urban Architect
Kseniia Dolgikh-Ocheret
Interior Designer
Concept_The Last Train
Train №14.166, the last train from Lyon, France, to Auschwitz, which transported Jewish deportees during the Holocaust, is commonly known as the "last train from Lyon." This train, numbered 14.166, was the only concentration camp convoy to leave France directly for the death camps during the entire Second World War. The last train from Lyon serves as a poignant symbol of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the systematic extermination of Jewish communities across Europe. It represents the immense suffering and loss experienced by the victims, as well as the importance of remembering and honoring their memory.
Project
The European railway system during the Holocaust period is depicted on the ground. The area connecting the main concentration camps with the largest number of victims is highlighted as the epicenter of the Holocaust. The camps of Auschwitz, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, Chelmno, and Majdanek form a distorted six-pointed Star of David on the map, which is an existing shape on the map.
