Grey sky portrait, towards Behrenstrasse, tall concrete stelae rising above narrow uneven walkway, Holocaust Memorial, Berlin

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is a 12,000 square metres site covered with 2711 concrete slabs or stelae, forming a grid pattern on an uneven ground surface. The stelae are are m (7ft 10 ins) long and m (3ft 1 ins) wide. They vary in height from to (8 ins to 15ft 9 ins). The Memorial was built April 2003 to December 2004, at a cost of 25 million euros, and inaugurated 10 May 2005, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War 2 in Europe. A view towards the American Embassy on Behrenstrasse.

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Size: 2849px × 4453px
Location: Holcaust Memorial, towards Behrenstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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