Berlin, Germany: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe; things to do

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe   

Cora-Berliner Straße 1, between the tiergarten and Potsdamer Platz, +49 (0)30 2639 4336. Outside open 24 hrs. Free.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany

This quiet spot is a memorial to the 6 million Jewish victims of WWII’s Holocaust. The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe consists of 2,711 rectangular grey concrete blocks representing funeral pillars (or stelae). They are in varying heights on an open plaza that takes up an entire square block. A subterranean Information Center gets more personal, with the names and images of Jews and their history during the Third Reich (1933-45). Opened in 2005.

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image c2011 Carole Terwilliger Meyers