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Holocaust Memorial This is supposed to be a memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe. Although the intentions were good, it just doesn't work out. You hardly meet people standing there, thinking about Jews. According to architect Peter Eisenman's project text, the more than 2000 concrete slabs were designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, but this just was wishful thinking. To a good deal the place is used by the tourists to play hide and seek. You can see a lot of laughing people having fun. A nice historical touch is that the monument's anti-graffiti substance Protectosil is produced by the german company Degussa. A subsidiary company of Degussa called Degesch did manufacture Zyklon B, the poison used in the gas chambers. As the official name of the monument is "Memorial
to the murdered Jews of Europe" one also might want to find memorials
for the as well murdered Roma and Sinti, Jehovah's Witnesses,
homosexuals, Communists, political prisoners and mentally or bodily
handicapped persons. Historic details about the Holocaust Memorial: Wikipedia Nearby points of interest:
How to get there:
The
memorial is located in Ebertstr. between
Brandenburger
Tor and Potsdamer Platz
in the district of
Mitte.
Take S1, S2 or U2, get out at Potsdamer Platz and walk north for 5 minutes.
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