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American architect Peter Eisenman stirred controversy when he unveiled plans for the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Critics protested that the memorial in Berlin, Germany was too abstract and did not present historical information about the Nazi campaign against the Jews.
When? Where? Does the list include Rosa Luxemburg, who was killed in Berlin by rightist thugs in 1919, or the foreign minister Walther Rathenau, also killed here by rightist thugs, in 1922? Or...
A 2016 controversy occurred with the app Pokémon Go. "The Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe told The Local that the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin has been reported as a site where people could find and catch Pokemon creatures through the augmented reality game".
In June 1999, after ten years of tortured debate, the German Bundestag voted to build a national “Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe” on a prime, five-acre piece of real estate between the Brandenburger Tor and Potsdamer Platz, a stone’s throw from Hitler’s bunker.
Covering five and a half acres in the center of Berlin, the memorial, which opens May 10, will be an unavoidable fixture of the city's life -- reassuring those who see the Holocaust as a singular ...
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was officially unveiled before an audience of Holocaust survivors, Jewish leaders and Germany's president, Horst Köhler, and chancellor,...
Published on April 29, 2020. Share. The Louisiana Channel recently released a new interview with Peter Eisenman on the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. Sharing his...
