HOLOCAUST MAHNMAL, Holocaust Mahnmal
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Language: English / USA
Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, or Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
The Memorial is the most important monument commissioned by the German government in memory of the Jews killed during the Holocaust.
Also known as the Holocaust Mahnmal, or Holocaust Monument, it occupies a whole block. The location is significant, since it was once occupied by buildings belonging to Joseph Goebbels, one of the most powerful, merciless Nazi criminals.
The Holocaust Mahnmal, designed by the architects Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold, was inaugurated in 2005. What you can see before you is an enormous maze formed by 2711 tomb-like concrete blocks of different heights, placed sideways....