The monument founded by the Nederlands Auschwitz Comité (Dutch Auschwitz Committee) is located in the former Jewish quarter (Dutch: Jodenbuurt) on a roughly north–south strip along the west side of the Weesperstraat, clockwise from the north between Nieuwe Herengracht, Weesperstraat, Nieuwe Keizersgracht, and Amstel river, east of the H'ART Museum Museum and the Hoftuin garden.

[1] The 1,550 square meter monument consists of four sections representing the letters in the Hebrew word לזכר (from right to left Lamedh, Zayin, Kaph and Resh, lizkor, pronunciation "lizachàr") meaning "In Memoriam".

[4] Visitors entering the excavated area via stairs from the south or north can wander through a labyrinth of corridors between red brick walls.

Inscribed on each of these 102,000 alphabetically ordered bricks is a name, date of birth and age at death of a victim.

On top of the brick walls four huge horizontal stainless steel profiles are mounted in the shape of the four Hebrew characters.