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| Holocaust memorial to be unveiled | Holocaust memorial to be unveiled |
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| A group of young people in Fife have created a public sculpture to recognise the Holocaust. | A group of young people in Fife have created a public sculpture to recognise the Holocaust. |
| The unveiling in Kirkcaldy will mark the launch of a festival in Scotland which uses the Holocaust to address current issues and attitudes. | The unveiling in Kirkcaldy will mark the launch of a festival in Scotland which uses the Holocaust to address current issues and attitudes. |
| The festival is the work of pupils from three Fife high schools who visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in November 2005. | |
| The idea to create a piece of public art was developed by 12 students from Adam Smith College in Fife. | The idea to create a piece of public art was developed by 12 students from Adam Smith College in Fife. |
| They wanted to make a lasting memorial as a sign of respect for all victims of the Holocaust and genocide, challenging racism and intolerance. | They wanted to make a lasting memorial as a sign of respect for all victims of the Holocaust and genocide, challenging racism and intolerance. |
| 'Safe place' | |
| The sculpture is in the shape of a doorway and has symbols carved into it from a special language created across Europe and America in the 1930s and 1940s. | The sculpture is in the shape of a doorway and has symbols carved into it from a special language created across Europe and America in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| It was formulated by people who were displaced from their own communities and cultures. | It was formulated by people who were displaced from their own communities and cultures. |
| The symbols tell others: "This is a safe place". | The symbols tell others: "This is a safe place". |
| It will stand in Kirkcaldy's Memorial Garden, where it will be unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown on Friday. | |
| The event also marks the beginning of the Anne Frank and You Festival, a three-week event driven by young people to challenge attitudes in present society. | The event also marks the beginning of the Anne Frank and You Festival, a three-week event driven by young people to challenge attitudes in present society. |