Six Million Rectangles
Six Million Lives Remembered
A hands-on Holocaust education project that makes six million Jewish lives visible through collaborative art.
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.
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.
A Hands-On Way to Teach Six Million
How do you help young people understand a number as enormous as six million? The Six Million Project gives students an active way to learn, remember and bear witness. Instead of simply watching a film or hearing a lecture, students participate in creating a collaborative artwork in which each tiny rectangle represents one Jewish life lost in the Holocaust.
Memorial Experiences
How millions of small rectangles become a memorial artwork
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.
Yom HaShoah School Activity
King David Linksfield, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yahrzeit Memorial Event
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Second Generation Gatherings
Holon - Beit Lihyot
Telfed Activities
Raanana, Israel
Staff Development Activity
United Herzlia Schools, Cape Town, South Africa
School Activities
Ironi Dalet High School, Tel Aviv
תיכון עירוני ד׳, תל אביב
Milestone Birthdays
Celebrating an 80th Birthday together in Ramat Hasharon, Israel
