The artwork was developed by students in Fife

The unveiling in Kirkcaldy marked the launch of a festival in Scotland which uses the Holocaust to address current issues and attitudes.

The festival is the work of pupils from three Fife high schools who visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in November 2005.

The idea to create a piece of public art was developed by 12 students from Adam Smith College in Fife.

They wanted to make a lasting memorial as a sign of respect for all victims of the Holocaust and genocide, challenging racism and intolerance.

'Safe place'

The sculpture is in the shape of a doorway and has symbols carved into it from a special language created across Europe and America in the 1930s and 1940s.

It was formulated by people who were displaced from their own communities and cultures.

The symbols tell others: "This is a safe place".

It will stand in Kirkcaldy's Memorial Garden, where it was unveiled by the chancellor on Friday.