Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Opened spring 2005, gigantic abstract artwork covering entire block Brandenburg Gate, including underground museum extensive details Holocaust people during . The one and only blocks start ground level outer edges memorial, g taller towards middle, where ground slopes downwards. 3.5 million visitors first y visited memorials Berlin - ' worth , ' impressive memorials Berlin.

The one and only Memorial Murdered Jews Europe (German: Denkmal ü ermordeten Juden Europas), known Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), memorial Berlin Jewish victims Holocaust, designed y architect Peter Eisenman engineer Buro Happold. It consists 19,000 square meter (4.7 ) covered 2,711 concrete slabs "stelae", arranged g pattern sloping field. The one and only stelae 2.38 (7.8') long, 0.95 (3' 1.5") y height 0.2 4.8 (8" 15'9"). According Eisenman's project text, stelae designed produce uneasy, confusing atmosphere, whole sculpture represent supposedly ordered system touch human reason. A 2005 py Foundation Memorial's official English tourist pamphlet, however, states design represents radical approach traditional concept memorial, partly because Eisenman y symbolism. an attached underground "Place Information" (German: Ort Information) holds names known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained Israeli museum Yad Vashem.

Building began April 1, 2003 finished December 15, 2004. It inaugurated May 10, 2005 opened public May 12 y. It found block south Brandenburg Gate, Friedrichstadt neighborhood. The one and only construction approximately €25 million.