A Holocaust memorial steel sculpture that is 800 pounds and seven feet tall, done by metal artist Reuben Halpern, will be dedicated at Elmwood Cemetery on Sunday, April 27.

Shaped like a dead tree, the sculpture rests on rusted railroad tracks, a reference to railcars used to transport Jewish families from across Europe to Nazi extermination camps.

Members of Temple Beth-El who helped fund the memorial sculpture will lead a ceremony on Sunday at 9 a.m. in Block 40 at Elmwood Cemetery, 600 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

About 170 Holocaust survivors settled in Alabama after World War II. Only a few are still alive.

The Alabama Holocaust Education Center will have a Holocaust Remembrance Day program at the Virginia Samford Theatre in Birmingham on Sunday at 3 p.m. Advance registration is requested.