Memorial

Twelve Responses to Tragedy

Victims of Communist Governments 1

Source: Copyright Ann Hacke

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Current Location

Opposite Victoria & Albert Museum, Yalta Memorial Garden, Thurloe Place,, South Kensington, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, SW7 2SL, England

TQ 26968 78996

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 60010
Description: Sculpture consisting of 12 conjoined heads of men, women and children placed on a column. The column is on a circular one-stepped brick plinth, quartered by lines of paving stones. The eastern line rises to bring the tablet with the main inscription above ground level and the southern and western inscriptions are at ground level.
Inscription: East Side: THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED/ HERE BY MEMBERS OF ALL PARTIES/ IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT/ AND BY MANY OTHER SYMPATHISERS/ IN MEMORY OF THE COUNTLESS/ INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND/ CHILDREN FROM THE SOVIET UNION/ AND OTHER EAST EUROPEAN STATES/ WHO WERE IMPRISONED AND DIED/ AT THE HANDS OF COMMUNIST/ GOVERNMENTS AFTER BEING/ REPATRIATED AT THE CONCLUSION/ OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE West side: THIS SCULPTURE WAS DEDICATED BY/ THE BISHOP OF FULHAM/ ON 2ND AUGUST 1986 TO/ REPLACE THE PREVIOUS/ MEMORIAL DEDICATED BY/ THE BISHOP OF LONDON/ ON 6TH MARCH 1982 WHICH/ WAS LATER DESTROYED BY VANDALS TO WHOM/ THE TRUTH WAS INTOLERABLE South side: TWELVE RESPONSES/ TO TRAGEDY/ BY ANGELA CONNER

Maker(s): ANGELA CONNER, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea maintains the statue and the garden.
Maintenance History: Inscription relating to the dedication has been cracked.

Dedicated

02 August 1986

Bishop of Fulham Charles Klyberg

Memorial

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Good