The "memorial" is basically a concrete graveyard that children love to play in. I found the scene appalling. It could be that I don't understand art as well as I thought I did, or I just expected too much from a memorial in Berlin. It is across the street from the memorial to the murdered homosexuals, which was far worse.
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The Holocaust Memorial (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe)
Near the Brandenburg Gate | Information Center: Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
49 30 26 39 43 36
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Ranked #12 of 335 attractions in Berlin
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Type: Monuments/ Statues, Educational Sites
Fee: No
Traveller Description: The memorial is in two parts. The stelae field above the ground and an information center detailing the personal lives of the murdered jews under...
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Not sure I would go out my way to see this but because it is around the Potsdamer Platz area, do yourself a favor and stop by when you are in the area. For me, the appreciation of the monument was less about the meaning and more about the structure design. It is extremely well designed, visually striking and thought...
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Simplistic and incredibly moving. Reflecting on what this Memorial commemorates should remind us of some important lessons.
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More than meets the eye. The weather was really cold so I grabbed a Starbucks from around the corner and ventured through the memorial. I went with one of the free day tours offered, and it was well worth experiencing.
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This is highly recommended.....done in a very different way - it really makes an impact on you....highly recommend.
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i visited to some places that related to the murdered of jews, such as poland. i feel sorry for them in every visit and shameful for the rest of all people. because the other countries neglect those murders, they didn't believe, or didn't want to believe because of selfish, God blessed them and please forgive us. and that place can...
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A fitting memorial. Recommend going early when there are fewer visitors, bus tours.
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Warren, New Jersey
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The 2177 gray stelae, of different sizes, some tilting at different angles all, placed on unlevel ground produces a disorienting sense of confinement inside a maze but no feeling of loss or identification with the victims of the Holocaust. That is left for the information center underground which can be reached by a stairway. The facts and chronology of the...
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Evansville, Indiana
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I have visited many Holocaust Memorials and Museums all over the world. This makes no sense, offers no sense of history or respect..... the place was covered with families and kids running around and enjoying the sun. It is more like a playground.
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A huge expanse of ground given over to stone coffins. Visitors reclined on some of them, not realizing what they represented, I guess. Too bad a more expressive sculpture was not commissioned.
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