Monument
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin
Grid of over two thousand concrete pillars of varying heights, built to honor victims of the Holocaust.
This guide to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin turns on an autumn 2003 scandal: construction on the 2,700 concrete pillars stopped cold when word reached the board that the firm sealing them against graffiti had ties to the manufacturer of Zyklon B. You'll hear from broadcaster Lea Rosh, who had fought for over a decade to get the memorial built, and from the voices on both sides of the outrage that followed. Walk deeper among the stelae, where the ground dips and the outside world falls away.
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