Holocaust Memorial

The decision to build a Holocaust Memorial in Germany was made by the German Bundestag in 1999. The building is a memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe. It is situated in close proximity to the Brandenburg Gate and was inaugurated on May 10, 2005. In the first 12 months it was already visited by over 3.5 million people.

Already in the late eighties there were claims of a memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, but the discussion about the right place and design lasted almost ten years. Finally, the design by Peter Eisenman was accepted. Eisenman is a famous architect from New York and a member of the so called New York Five, a group of outstanding architects.