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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 gray concrete slabs near the Brandenburg Gate, with an information center beneath.
- Open
- The memorial always; the information center Tuesday to Sunday
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Brandenburger Tor station (S-Bahn and U5).
Why Go
Opened in 2005, Peter Eisenman's memorial lets you walk down between the slabs on an undulating floor, where the city noise fades. It's open to interpretation, and quietly overwhelming.
The underground information center tells the stories of individual victims and families.
Nearby in Berlin
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