Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

This intriguing monument to Jewish victims of the Third Reich was unveiled in the German capital 60 years after the tragic events of World War II. Nearly 15 years elapsed between the time it took to conceptualize and its final completion. It can be found beside the Brandenburg Gate and the remains of Hitler's underground bunker. It has since become an internationally recognised symbol of the victims of the Holocaust.

Designed by the American architect Peter Eisenman, the Holocaust memorial is a grid of 2,711 slabs of concrete, arranged over an extensive area. The gray slabs are of various size, some of them reaching a height of over 4,5 metres. The installation resembles a gloomy, concrete forest through which one can walk on rough, cobbled paths. The monument has proved highly controversial. Critics accuse the multi-million project of being too abstract while failing to acknowledge non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Name: Holocaust Memorial
Address: Cora-Berliner-Strasse
Phone: +49 030 740 729 29
Email: besucherservice@stiftung-denkmal.de
Website: http://www.holocaust-mahnmal.de/en
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