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Article: Memorial to Murdered Jews Finds Berlin Divided Again
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- April 21, 1995
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Christian Caryl
Forward
04-21-1995
Memorial to Murdered Jews Finds Berlin Divided Again.
BERLIN -- Amid an agonized debate on the limits of art and the prerogatives of memory, a committee of German government officials and private citizens has arrived at a long-awaited decision on the design for a national "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe."
Controversy Welcomed
Plans for the monument, to be located south of the Brandenburg Gate on ground that once served as the gardens of Hitler's Chancellery, have triggered heated discussions here since the early 1980s, when the idea of a Holocaust memorial in central Berlin was first proposed. The controversy crested in recent months as the decision ...