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The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropevsMemorial of the Berlin Wall
Both are praised by professionals. On balance, The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe scores significantly higher than Memorial of the Berlin Wall. The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe comes in at 92 with accolades from 9 reviewers like Michelin Guide, Frommer's and Atlas Obscura.
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
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Information Center: Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin
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"An expansive and unusual memorial dedicated to the 6 million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, the monument was designed by American architect Peter Eisenman." Full review
"New York architect Peter Eisenman's haunting field of concrete pillars." Full review
"Stark concrete blocks arranged in a grid pattern across an entire city block commemorate the Jews killed by the Nazis." Full review
2 Stars
"For this memorial dedicated to Europe's Jewish victims, the American Peter Eisenman designed a field of 2 711 steles of differing sizes standing on undulating ground." Full review
"Another site not far from the Brandenburg Gate is the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, completed in 2005." Full review
"Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial. " Full review
"Peter Eisenman’s hugely controversial 2,700 concrete slabs (stelae) are arranged in a neat grid spread across 200,000 square feet of prime Berlin real estate near the Brandenburger Tor." Full review
"This field of concrete slabs takes up the area of a city block. To engage with the memorial you need to walk into it and experience its shifts in perspective, light, isolation and claustrophobia." Full review
"This sprawling, maze-like set of 2,711 concrete columns is a haunting reminder of the atrocities and toll of World War II." Full review
6.0
"The Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas consists of a grid of 2,711 concrete blocks." Full review
Memorial of the Berlin Wall
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Bernauer Strasse 111/119, 13355 Berlin
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"This site combines memorials and a museum and research center on the Berlin Wall." Full review
"The government created a memorial center and reconstructed a partial stretch of the Wall at Bernauer Strasse and Ackerstrasse, at a cost of over a million euros." Full review
"The Bernauer Strasse Memorial... includes a preserved piece of the border fortifications along with a beautiful memorial to the wall." Full review
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An observation viewing tower, which affords stunning views
2 Stars
"This memorial bears witness to divided Berlin, and is the only remaining section of the Berlin Wall that is preserved in its entirety." Full review
"On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people. " Full review
"The city’s official memorial to the Berlin Wall is along Bernauer Strasse, where the wall once divided the eastern districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte from the West Berlin district of Wedding." Full review