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A section of the memorial with the undulating path in between.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold.
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AMSTERDAM - Daarmee heeft Nederland eindelijk een tastbaar gedenkteken waar 102.000 Joden en 220 Sinti en Roma zowel individueel als collectief kunnen worden herdacht.
Tot aan september 2021 kende Nederland geen monument waar elk individueel slachtoffer van de Holocaust met naam en toenaam en leeftijd wordt genoemd.
AMSTERDAM - More than 75 years after World War II, a memorial dedicated to the 102,220 Dutch victims of the Holocaust without a grave will finally be unveiled in the Netherlands. Designed by the Polish-American architect Daniël Libeskind.
Berlin, Germany, 2017.
Here is an image from an ongoing project I started four years ago.
For the complete series, check out this gallery.
Enjoy!
Berlin Germany
The Holocaust Memorial is dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It is located one block south of the Brandenburg Gate. It consists of a 19,000 m2 site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. . It was inaugurated on May 10, 2005
Berlin, Germany, 2017.
Here is an image from an ongoing project I started four years ago.
For the complete series, check out this gallery.
Enjoy!
holocaust memorial
I never posted two versions of a similar photo before, but in this case, they are expressing two different feelings (from many I've had during the walk through the memorial). The light and mood were changing so dramatically every second.
Berlin, Germany, 2017.
Here is an image from an ongoing project I started four years ago.
For the complete series, check out this gallery.
Enjoy!
Berlin, Germany, 2017.
Here is an image from an ongoing project I started four years ago.
For the complete series, check out this gallery.
Enjoy!
The impressive Holocaust memorial in Berlin, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.
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Holocaust memorial on Liberty Square, Thessaloniki. Liberty Square in 1943 was the place where many of Thessaloniki's 50 000 Jewish citizens were forced to assemble in order to be deported to Auschwitz. Almost all were murdered. Thessaloniki had the largest Jewish community in Greece and was the oldest one in Europe. When St Paul visited Thessaloniki around 50 AD, he preached in one of Salonica's three synagogues (probably in Ets Ahayim - Tree of Life. As we know, he had considerably more success with the "gentiles"). The monument is regularly vandalised. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
"I ask when it will be,
that man shall learn to live without killing,
and the wind shall come to rest."
Francesco Guggini, Auschwitz
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the Auschwitz concentration camp and revealed a horror that the world may have sensed, but for too long had ignored. For this reason, in 2005, the United Nations chose this date as the International Day of Remembrance, dedicated to all the victims of the Holocaust.
Today, twenty-one years after that symbolic act, we must ask ourselves whether that memory is truly alive. It seems that humanity itself, including the descendants of those who were victims of that horror, has forgotten the horror of the Holocaust. New massacres and new wars continue to stain our present with blood.
The number of atrocities is so great that we risk becoming accustomed to them: they pass before our eyes and, within just a few days, they are forgotten. October 7th massacre of Israel people, Gaza genocide, Iran massacre of civilians, Ukraine war, the extermination of the Kurdish people, the civil wars in Somalia and Sudan are only some of the conflicts in which the first victims continue to be innocent civilians.
In many countries, authoritarianism is becoming the norm, while armed militias kill, arrest (often using children as baits) and deported people that are only guilty of being different or protesting in a pacific way the regime,.
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a place that must be visited with deep respect, because it reminds us that history can repeat itself. It warns us that violence, carried out in the name of an ideal, an interest, or too often in the name of a god, is a tragic and enduring part of human nature.
To remember is not only an act of memory — it is a responsibility toward the future.
"Io chiedo quando sara'
che l'uomo potra' imparare
a vivere senza ammazzare
e il vento riposera'"
Francesco Guggini "Auschtwitz"
Il 27 gennaio 1945 le truppe sovietiche entrarono nel campo di concentramento di Auschwitz e portarono alla luce un orrore che il mondo aveva forse intuito, ma troppo a lungo ignorato. Per questo motivo, nel 2005, le Nazioni Unite hanno scelto questa data come Giorno della Memoria, dedicato a tutte le vittime dell’Olocausto. Oggi, a distanza di ventuno anni da quel gesto simbolico, dobbiamo chiederci se quella memoria sia davvero viva. Sembra infatti che l’umanità, compresi i discendenti di coloro che furono vittime di quell’orrore, stia dimenticando. Nel frattempo, nuovi stermini e nuove guerre continuano a insanguinare il nostro presente. Gli orrori sono così numerosi che rischiamo di assuefarci ad essi: scorrono davanti ai nostri occhi e, nel giro di pochi giorni, vengono dimenticati. Il massacro del 7 Ottobre di civili israeliani, il genocidio di Gaza, il massacro di civili in Iran, l’Ucraina, lo sterminio del popolo curdo, le guerre civili in Somalia e in Sudan sono solo alcuni dei conflitti in cui le prime vittime continuano a essere civili innocenti. In molti Stati, inoltre, l’autoritarismo sta diventando la norma, mentre milizie armate uccidono, arrestano (spesso usando bambini come esca) e deportano impunemente persone la cui unica colpa e’ di apparire diversi o di protestare pacificamente contro il regime.
Il Memoriale dell’Olocausto di Berlino è un luogo che va visitato con grande rispetto, perché ci ricorda che la storia può ripetersi. Ci ammonisce sul fatto che la violenza, esercitata nel nome di un ideale, di un interesse o, troppo spesso, nel nome di un Dio, è una realtà tristemente presente nella natura umana.
Ricordare non è solo un atto di memoria, ma una responsabilità verso il futuro.
holocaust memorial
I never posted two versions of a similar photo before, but in this case, they are expressing two different feelings (from many I've had during the walk through the memorial). The light and mood were changing so dramatically every second.
Dutch Holocaust Names Memorial, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind.
The memorial consists of four Hebrew letters that make up a word that translates as ‘In memory of’. When visitors enter the memorial, they find themselves in a labyrinth of passageways flanked by two-metre-tall brick walls that convey the message ‘In memory of’. Inscribed on each of the 102,000 bricks is a name, date of birth and age of death, in such a way that the name of each victim can be touched. The walls of names support the four letters in reflective stainless steel (holocaustnamenmomument.nl).
Amsterdam
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A rainy day in Berlin. A man with a red umbrella goes alone through the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The rainy weather underlines the depressing mood. Fine art street photography.
This girl reminded me of Sophie Scholl, who stood up against Hitler by throwing leaflets over the balustrade at the University of Munich.
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Das Bild ist entstanden in der Holocaustgedenkstätte Berlin. Es beschreibt den unklaren Weg, den viele Juden im Holocaust gehen mussten.
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The picture was taken in the Holocaust Memorial Berlin. It describes the unclear path that many Jews had to take in the Holocaust.
"A place of contemplation, a place of remembrance and warning. Close to the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin you will find the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe."
Some experiences stay with you forever. Walking through this memorial was one of the most incredible experiences I've had. When we saw it from the outside, I thought it was a bit curious. But walking through it gave me a deeper understanding.
Courtesy of Wikipedia: It is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. It consists of a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The original plan was to place nearly 4,000 slabs, but after the recalculation, the number of slabs that could legally fit into the designated areas was 2,711. The stelae are 2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in) long, 0.95 m (3 ft 1+1⁄2 in) wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.7 metres (8 in to 15 ft 5 in).[2] They are organized in rows, 54 of them going north–south, and 87 heading east–west at right angles but set slightly askew. An attached underground "Place of Information" (German: Ort der Information) holds the names of approximately 3 million Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained from the Israeli museum Yad Vashem.
Building began on 1 April 2003, and was finished on 15 December 2004. It was inaugurated on 10 May 2005, 60 years after the end of World War II in Europe, and opened to the public two days later."
Holocaust Memorial/Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe : Berlin, Germany 2015
Located in the center of Berlin, the Holocaust Memorial is the central memorial in Germany for the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Designed by Peter Eisenman and opened in 2005, it consists of 2711 concrete grey steles on an undulating field which can be passed/entered from any direction.