HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL, Holocaust Memorial

Hi, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Holocaust Memorial, one of the most touching of its kind in the world.

The Holocaust Memorial was officially opened in 1990, with a ceremony attended by Elie Wiesel, the writer of Jewish origin who survived the Holocaust and whose strenuous defense of human rights earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

It’s difficult not to be moved by the writhing figures expressing their pain and torment, designed by the architect and sculptor Kenneth Treister with a number of intentions in mind: first, of course, to honor the memory of the victims, but at the same time, to comfort the survivors and ensure the genocide is never forgotten.

As you can see, the wall around the monument is built in pinkish-colored Jerusalem stone. A series of granite panels explain the main events that led to Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and thereafter to the tragedy of World War II and the fall of the Führer....