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The work commemorates the death of 173 victims who were crushed to death whilst taking shelter at the sound of an air raid siren, on 3rd March 1943. The dead comprised 27 men, 84 women and 62 children. 62 others were hospitalised and 50 people more suffered minor injuries. It was the worst civilian disaster during the Second World War. Comprises a slanting sculpture that is fixed above the ground that sits above a long horizontal concrete plinth that has one sharp alternation in direction before rising up to the aerial suspended sculpture. The vertical plinth has plaques embedded that list all of the victim's full names and ages. There are also individual plaques detailing what happened on that fateful night from various primary voices of members of the public who were there that fateful night.
Title
Stairway to Heaven (The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial)
Date
2017
Medium
stone, teak & metal
Accession number
E2_AM_S644
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Bethnal Green Memorial Project
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Custodian
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
17th December 2017
Access
at all times