An initiative to set up a monument to victims of the Lviv ghetto was
taken by the Sholem Aleichem Society of Jewish Culture (1988). The monument was
installed in 1992 under a project designed by sculptor Luiza Shterenshtein and
architect Vasyl Plikhivskyi. A place near the railway bridge was chosen for its
location, where the main entrance to the ghetto had been located.
This large, three-part residential building was constructed in 1911–1912 in the Secession style, commissioned by the wealthy property owner Narbut Atlas. Its architecture seamlessly combines architectural sculptures with artistic and design elements of the Secession style, created by prominent architects Ferdynand Kassler and Walery Szulmann. It is designated as an Architectural monument under protection numbers 171-M, 172-M, and 174-M.