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T Memorial Murdered J Europe (German: Denkmal ü ermordeten Juden Europas), known Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), memorial Berlin Jewish victims Holocaust, designed y architect Peter Eisenman engineer B Happold. I consists 19,000 square meter (4.7 ) covered 2,711 concrete slabs "stelae", arranged g pattern sloping field. T 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. A attached underground "Place Information" (German: O Information) holds names known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained Israeli museum Y Vashem.

Building began April 1, 2003 finished December 15, 2004. I inaugurated My 10, 2005 opened public My 12 y. I located block south Brandenburg Gate, Friedrichstadt neighborhood. T construction approximately €25 million.

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