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In 1999 the German government decided to build a commemorative monument in the honour of the murdered jews around Europe, but the construction started in 2003, after having done the project and found a place in the centre of Berlin.
Designed by Peter Eisenmann, a New York architect, the Holocaust Memorial is a work of great value for all German citizens, for the jews and for the world population that visits the place when they are walking in the streets of Berlin. The emotional impact that it generates seeing those big cement squares is very difficult to forget. But that´s exactly its intention, remembering what happened so that it doesn´t ever happen again in the history of mankind.
The whole monument is over 19 thousand sq metres big and it has 2711 steles fabricated out of concrete which rise along the field. The colour grey that dominates the monument represents to perfection the feeling of sadness and aberration for what happened in the war.
The last concrete square was built in 2004 and since then the memorial has been open to the public every day of the year, day and night. Visiting this monument, although sad and strong for the sensitive ones, is indispensable if you go to Berlin, because it will help you remember that what happened, must never happen again.
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