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Knockaloe Camp and Genocide Garden

The beech grove containing the sculpture and the gardens

Source: Copyright David Long

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To the South-West of the Cathedral, St German's Cathedral Church, Cathedral Gardens, Junction of Tynwald Road Atholl Street, Peel, Peel, Isle of Man, IM5 1HH, Isle of Man

OS Grid Reference

SC 24608 84036

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 97525
Description: An established grove of mature beech trees within which an abstract statue commemorating the nearby WW1 Knockaloe Internment Camp has been installed as the centrepiece of a garden which simultaneously recognises that the internees came from all over the world, whilst using that fact to illustrate four of the most egregious examples of genocide - one for each corner of the world - of the twentieth century. The sculpture is of bronze, stainless steel, glass, granite, and tile, and evokes the artistic talents of Archibald Knox, the famous local artist who acted as a Censor at the Camp, and the contribution to the world of one of the Internees, Josef Pilates, who developed his renowned fitness regime during his years of internment. Their names are inscribed, along with the names of others associated with the camp, in the granite surrounding the base of the sculpture. The circular base itself, which is topped by a slate ring bearing the name of the person who unveiled the statue, consists of a row of granite setts between coloured tiles made by people from various local communities, which illustrate the fables used in the four genocide gardens. The gardens, represent their respective genocides - the Jewish Holocaust (West), the Ukrainian holodomor (North), the Nanjing Massacre (East), and the Rwandan genocide (South) - through the medium of fables from their regions, with the plants in each garden illustrating its respective fable.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Holocaust (1941- 1945)

History

Maker(s): Angela Patchett, Designer
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: Culture Vannin, the Isle of Man Arts Council, The Jerusalem Trust, the Inlight Foundation, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

Ceremonies

Unveiled

06/04/2017

Mrs Clare Christian, former President of Tynwald

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Knockaloe Camp and Genocide Garden

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Knockaloe Camp and Genocide Garden

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Memorial Details

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