Memorial Wall Migration Museum Adelaide

In the Migration Museum of Adelaide is a memorial wall with several plaques. Two of these plaques commemorate the Second World War, one the Armenian Genocide, four the Balkan War and the last plaque is in memory of Vietnamese boat refugees.

Text on the first plaque:
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

COMMEMORATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE LIBERATION OF THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS

WE REMEMBER

THE GENOCIDAL SLAUGHTER OF SIX MILLION JEWS BY THE NAZIS AND THEIR COLLABORATORS
AND ALL OTHER VICTIMS OF RACISM AND PERSECUTION

YOM HASHOAH HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

27 APRIL 1995

Text on the second plaque:
A MEMORIAL TO THE MILLIONS OF POLISH CITIZENS WHO PERISHED BETWEEN 1939 – 1945 IN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND SOVIET LABOUR CAMPS AND WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN JOINING THE ALLIES ON ALL FRONTS DURING WORLD WAR II.

Text on the third plaque:
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ONE AND A HALF MILLION VICTIMS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915-16 AND ITS AFTERMATH COMMITTED BY THE OTTOMAN STATE, AND IN GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND REV. JAMES CRESSWELL FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO "THE ARMENIAN RELIEF FUND", AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORT, TO SAVE THE SURVIVORS.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY, 24 APRIL 2010

Text on the fourth plaque:
After thousands of years of existence, by democratic will of their citizens, Bosnia and Herzegovina became an independent country on 1 March 1992.

On behalf of Bosniaks who have been warmly accepted in South Australia and in honour of millions of Bosniaks who were forced to leave their homeland because of political, national or religious reasons, this plaque commemorates hundreds of thousands of innocent Bosniaks who were victims of hatred and genocide through history and at the end of the 20th century.

Text on the fifth plaque:
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE SUFFERING OF CROATIAN PEOPLE THROUGH WAR, POLITICAL OPPRESSION AND MIGRATION.
IT ALSO CELEBRATES THEIR CONTINUOUS PRESENCE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA SINCE THE 1850s AND ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELL-BEING OF THIS STATE.

Text on the sixth plaque:
A MEMORIAL TO THE MILLIONS OF INNOCENT SERBS WHO PERISHED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, EXECUTIONS AND BATTLEFIELDS
AT THE HANDS OF NAZIS, FASCISTS AND COMMUNISTS BETWEEN 1941 – 1947.
ALSO TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR HUMBLE LIVES FOR THE ALLIED CAUSE ON ALL FRONTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Text on the seventh plaque:
SLOVENIA BECAME
AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY
ON 25 JUNE 1991

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
THOSE SLOVENES
WHO LEFT THEIR HOMELAND
BECAUSE OF WAR
AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION
DURING THE 20TH CENTURY

Text on the eight plaque:
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND BOATPEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THEIR QUEST FOR FREEDOM FROM COMMUNIST OPPRESSION
IT ALSO COMMEMORATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA SINCE 1975

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Migration Museum (1), Migration Museum (2), Migration Museum (3), Migration Museum (4), Migration Museum (5)