Point of interest
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust-Mahnmal)
in Berlin, Germany
Field of stelae near the Brandenburg Gate; a moving memorial with an underground information centre.
Where it is
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe lies between the Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz in the Mitte district, just south of Unter den Linden.
Address: 1 Cora-Berliner-Straße, 10117 Berlin
What it is
Across some 19,000 square metres stand 2,711 concrete stelae of varying heights, which visitors walk among and can quickly feel lost within. The underground Place of Information documents the victims' fates; access to both the field of stelae and the information centre is free.
History
Designed by Peter Eisenman, the memorial opened on 10 May 2005 as Germany's central Holocaust memorial, commemorating the up to six million Jewish victims of the Shoah. It is run by the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, which also maintains the nearby Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted under National Socialism.