Berlin Holocaust memorial drew millions in first year

by innes | May 12, 2006 at 03:32 pm | 529 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
Berlin Holocaust memorial drew millions in first year
by Elwin W
Berlin Memorial To The Murdered Jews of Europe
by dcharding
  • Berlin Monument To The Murdered Jews Of Europe, in background Reichstag & Brandenburg Gate.
  • Berlin Monument To The Murdered Jews Of Europe
  • 14793745.jpg
slideshow 19 more

Berlin's new Holocaust memorial has become one of Germany's most popular tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 3.5 million people in its first year, officials said on Monday.

"It has become a tourist magnet," Uwe Neumaerker, director of the foundation that oversees the memorial, told reporters.

Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)

recommend Add a comment
0
rumana husain
rumana husain

at 06:21 on July 31st, 2008

i was simply amazed at the ingenuity of the designer, architect peter eisenman. placing 2,711 stones on sloping, uneven ground, which of course has much more to it than that! i saw a documentary about this memorial at the goethe-institut karachi sometime ago.

rumana husain
rumana husain
flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 06:21 on July 31st, 2008

innes, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Add a comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

May 12, 2006 at 03:32 pm by innes, 529 views, 2 comments

in , ,
add to pageflakes Add to Digg Digg Add to del.icio.us del.icio.us Add to any serviceAddToAny
innesAuthor
  • top favorite
innes
Vote for us at the Mashable Open Web Awards 2008

Crowd Power

rumana husain
First Flagged at 6:21 AM, Jul 31, 2008 by rumana husain
These members have powered this story:

Track this Story

 

closeSign in to NowPublic

Not a member?

JoinIt's free!

is reporting from
Member
NP Rank: