Pre-Site Visit Reflection: Gunter Demnig constructed a memorial in 1992 to commemorate the 1,000 Cologne Roma and Sinti who were taken to the city center on May 6, 1940, for deportation to extermination camps. Demnig created a single bronze monument etched with the deportation order and placed it in the municipal square in front of… Continue reading Stumbling Stones – By Ruby L.
Tag: Berlin
Neue Synagoge – By Beah
Pre-Site Visit Reflections: During our time in Berlin, we will enjoy the privilege of holding our class time at the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) on Oranienburgerstrasse. As a Jewish person on this trip, I think it is extremely significant that in the midst of our learning and visiting sites of Jewish (and other) persecution and… Continue reading Neue Synagoge – By Beah
Bebelplatz Book Burning Memorial – By Ava
Pre-Site Visit Reflection What is the memorial physically? The sunken library is a memorial that highlights what is missing. Underneath the ground of Bebelplatz sits a square of empty white shelves. This empty library has space for over 20,000 books as a reminder of the 20,000 books burned on May 10, 1933 by the Nazi… Continue reading Bebelplatz Book Burning Memorial – By Ava
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialism – By C. Watt
Pre-Site Visit Reflection The 2008 Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted under National Socialism was erected to commemorate those persecuted for their sexuality under the Nazi edition of the anti-homosexuality law Paragraph 175. Although the law itself exclusively concerned gay men, other queer people were persecuted under the Nazi regime. Over 50,000 convictions were made under the… Continue reading Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialism – By C. Watt
Berlin Memorial for the Sinti and Roma – By Olivia
Pre-Site Visit Reflection The Berlin Memorial for Sinti and Roma is located in the Tiergarten and was completed in October 2012. Designed by Dani Karavan, the monument consists of a round water basin with a triangular stone stele in the centre. A fresh flower is placed on the stele daily, both to remember the murdered… Continue reading Berlin Memorial for the Sinti and Roma – By Olivia
Topography of Terror – By Lucas
Pre-Site Visit Reflections: Described as once being “the most feared address” in Berlin, the site on which the Topography of Terror now stands serves as an example of the city’s multilayered history (Connolly). In telling the stories of both perpetrator and victim, this museum and memorial site shows us the challenges memorial work meets in… Continue reading Topography of Terror – By Lucas
Rosenstraße Memorial/Block der Frauen – By Alex
For my memorial site, I have the privilege of researching, presenting, and eventually visiting the Block der Frauen, or Block of Women, a memorial to the Rosenstraße protest that occurred in Berlin between February 27th and March 6th in 1943. This memorial interested me as it is very visually interesting, and I felt that my education in… Continue reading Rosenstraße Memorial/Block der Frauen – By Alex