The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe:
also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. According to the architect's project text, the slabs are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. The memorial is controversial, and described by leaders of the German Jewish community as unnecessary.
also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. According to the architect's project text, the slabs are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. The memorial is controversial, and described by leaders of the German Jewish community as unnecessary.
