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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, 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 site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The original…

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2005

Bezirk Mitte, Bezirk Mitte, Germany

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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Bezirk Mitte, Germany

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Peter Eisenman

Born 1932 · New York, New York, United States

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Peter David Eisenman is an American architect. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his high modernist and deconstructive designs, as well as for his authorship of several architectural books. His work has won him several awards, including the Wolf Prize in Arts.

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Eisenman Architects

practice · New York, New York, United States

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