Comments on: Holocaust Memorial Day

By: Dubster

Dubster — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:18:35 +0000

It should be mentioned, that ONLY the concrete construction (that now begins to disintegrate) hast cost 14 million Euros, while the whole project (officially) took about 27.6 million Euros.
My tax Euros at work…

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:17:51 +0000

Its interesting that Isreal does nothing while thousands are slaughtered in Africa every day. It IS happening again.

By: Flümo

Flümo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:59:11 +0000

Ben: I risk tiring you a bit more - Yes, for the architecturally interested, Berlin is absolutely worth a visit.

I’m a converted sceptic: The memorial site is a great design. A couple of steps in and the city is gone and one is pretty much alone with one’s thoughts.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:37:12 +0000

A half mile navigation around this site is fascinating - there is so much interesting modern architecture.. I have to admit I’ve never been to Berin and get tired of hearing so many times how wonderful it is, but I may have to rethink that one.

By: Chris W

Chris W — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:27:10 +0000

We have a couple of ground-level photos of the memorial on our photo-blog entry about our trip to Berlin.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:40:43 +0000

If you want to know, whether people knew what was going on, I also suggest to take a look at Sachsenhausen, which isn’t situated on top of some mountain, but very very close to the city of Oranienburg. Close like… 100m: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Esme Cowles

Esme Cowles — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:31:47 +0000

Another concentration camp that has decent imagery is Theresienstadt (now Terezin in the Czech Republic): Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

This is the camp that was cleaned up for propaganda purposes (including a Red Cross inspection), including fake bathroom without water connections.

By: dr.R.

dr.R. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:03:26 +0000

We should never forget what happened, and never allow ourselves to blindly follow one man (or a book, or an ideology…)

Other concentration camps than Auschwitz are visible in higher resolution imagery, such as camp Buchenwald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald) near Weimar: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth People from Weimar were forced to visit the camp after its liberation so that they would later not deny any of the things that had happened there.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:49:32 +0000

Even though it has cost 14 million Euro and took 17 years of planning, the concrete blocks that monument is made of, are already showing cracks - unlike some structures built during ww2, some of which the allied forces even tried to demolish unsuccessfully.

I guess the best thing about it is that it’s too large to ignore it.