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Six Million Rectangles

Six Million Lives Remembered

People around the world paint individual rectangles that together form large-scale memorial artworks representing six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

A Growing Global Memorial

The Six Million Project is a participatory art memorial honoring the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Participants paint rectangles on paper which are combined into large-scale collective artworks. Each painted rectangle represents one life. Together, the works transform an unimaginable number into something physical, visible, and human.

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The project continues to expand through worldwide participation. Each completed page increases the scale and visibility of the collective memorial.

The aim of the project is for the completed painting to be exhibited in one large museum space, creating a monumental exhibition that confronts the scale of loss‭ ‬while‭ ‬affirming Jewish resilience‭, ‬continuity‭, ‬and collective strength‭.‬

LIVE PROGRESS

750,920

rectangles painted so far.

Each rectangle represents one life.

Workshops

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Hadassah Israel

The Vered HaSharon Chapter recently hosted a Six Million Project workshop, contributing 3,000 rectangles to the artwork.

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United Herzlia Schools, Cape Town

Bringing Holocaust remembrance, art and education together in Cape Town, South Africa

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McDonald Shul, Netanya

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How millions of small rectangles become a memorial artwork

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Paint Individual Rectangles
Complete Pages
Build Monumental Artworks

Ways to Take Part

From schools and synagogues to personal milestones, every gathering can become an act of remembrance.

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Yom HaShoah School Activity

King David Linksfield, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Yahrzeit Memorial Event

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Second Generation Gatherings

Holon - Beit Lihyot

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Telfed Activities

Raanana, Israel

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Staff Development Activity

United Herzlia Schools, Cape Town, South Africa

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School Activities

Ironi Dalet High School, Tel Aviv

תיכון עירוני ד׳, תל אביב

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Milestone Birthdays

Celebrating an 80th Birthday together in Ramat Hasharon, Israel

The Project, in Their Words

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AME 43

Families descended from Jewish refugees who crossed the Alps together reunited in Israel, carrying their shared history into The Six Million Project.

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ESRA Magazine

ESRA Magazine features the Six Million Project, recognising its innovative approach to Holocaust remembrance and its impact in bringing communities together through art.

לא פחות ממדהים ומצמרר. לנסות לקלוט את הרות ועדיין לא להבין איך העולם שטק. עם ישראל חי!

Astonishing and chilling to the depths of the soul.

We try to grasp the horror and the heart asks: how did the world stay silent? Am Yisrael Chai.

 Chaim Broyde, Mayor of Raanana | חיים ברוידה, ראש העיר רעננה

Bring the project to your community

For schools, synagogues, organizations, community groups, and families.

No artistic experience required.

Every contribution becomes part of the collective memorial.

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