Cracks mar Berlin Holocaust memorial anniversary FEATURE 04/05/2010

Cracks mar Berlin Holocaust memorial anniversary

FEATURE 04/05/2010 BERLIN — Germany’s Holocaust memorial, a solemn maze of concrete grey slabs in central Berlin commemorating the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, split public opinion when it was erected five years ago. But now, ahead of next month’s anniversary, the splits are all too real as a viciously cold winter, inferior building materials and possible building flaws have resulted in cracks in more than two-thirds of the 2,711 columns. “Can the Holocaust memorial still be saved?” asked mass circulation Bild. The head of the foundation that manages the memorial, which stretches over 19,000 square meters (205,000 square feet) at a site close to the city’s famous Brandenburg Gate, said a committee of experts was looking into the problem.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100405com3.html

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