Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany Poster

"Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany" by Catherine Sherman. Concrete slabs of varying heights create a grid-like pattern, forming a labyrinthine pathway in the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany. Surrounding the memorial, modern buildings and cloudy skies contribute to a sombre urban atmosphere. The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. It consists of a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The monument is situated on the former location of the Berlin Wall, where the "death strip" once divided the city. Building began on 1 April 2003, and was finished in December 2004. It was inaugurated in May 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II in Europe, and opened to the public two days later. It is located one block south of the Brandenburg Gate, in the Mitte neighbourhood. Nearby is the Embassy of the United States of America and in the distance is the Reichstag Building. The Reichstag officially: Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude  ('Imperial Assembly'), a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin, is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the President of Germany.