Young offenders have built a Holocaust memorial in Tottenham to honour those who were killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

The Holocaust Memorial Garden, at Bruce Castle Museum in Lordship Lane, was created by Haringey Borough Council’s Equality and Youth Offending Services.

The centrepiece sculpture of six upright sleepers to represent the six million Jewish victims, on the base of a Star of David and an Anne Frank Rose, was designed by a team of six young offenders.

They cleared the area of vegetation after undergoing training at Wolves Lane Horticultural Nursery and learned about the Holocaust in a class with organisation Facing History and Ourselves.

Part of the garden was dedicated to the memory of one of Haringey’s most famous Holocaust survivors, Roman Halter, and it was unveiled by his widow Susie on Sunday.

Mrs Halter was joined at the opening on what would have been her husband’s 86th birthday by their daughter Aviva Halter Hurn and the Mayor of Haringey Sheila Peacock.

The painter, who escaped death in two concentration camps and came to Britain after the war, devoted his later life to telling others about his experiences under the Nazis.

After his death in January last year, Haringey’s Holocaust Memorial Working Party decided to dedicate this year’s memorial events to him.

Cllr Peacock, who organises the event each year, said: “I am delighted that Susie was able to open this beautiful garden, where we can remember the victims of the horrors of the Holocaust.

“Roman dedicated his life to telling his story so the lessons of the past live on, and he would have been proud of the work our young people did to create this sculpture.”

The team of young offenders will continue to maintain the garden, which was paid for by charitable donations.