A t the point where the “line of death”, in the form of the Berlin Wall, once divided the city, is today the memorial to the mur- dered European Jews (“Holocaust Memo- rial”), a grey complex in an abstract style represent- ing a metaphor for the crimes committed against the Jewish people. Although the architect stated that neither the number of the blocks nor their col- our have symbolic meaning, there are various inter- pretations of this unique monument, which is com- posed of 2,711 rectangular cement blocks. Some say that it resembles a graveyard, others suggest that it represents the greyness of the Nazi regime, while some have observed that there are as many blocks
Tamo gde je “linija smrti” u vidu Berlinskog zida nekada delila grad, danas se nalazi memorijal posvećen ubijenim evropskim Jevrejima (Holokaust memorijal), sivi kompleks u apstraktnom stilu At the point where the “line of death”, in the form of the Berlin Wall, once divided the city, is today the memorial to the murdered European Jews (“Holocaust Memorial”), a grey complex in an abstract style
as there are pages in the Talmud. Regardless of how you interpret it, you will inevitably feel helplessness and despair as you walk among the ghosts of count- less innocent victims. The memorial does not con- tain any names or numbers, because it is not possi- ble to count the victims. The Holocaust Memorial is unavoidable among tourists, though it is also particularly important for Germans. It represents yet more proof that they are aware of their terrible history, that they do not wish to hide Nazi evil deads, but rather present them to the whole world in the centre of Berlin, as a sign of repentance, as well as a warning that something like that must never be allowed to happen again.
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