Berlin's ultra-controversial memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, 2,711 concrete blocks jutting off at offensive and suffocating angles. Co-incidentally only a stone's throw away from the site of Adolph Hitler's former underground lair, the Fuehrerbunker. There are many reasons why this plot of land is so controversial, firstly because it is where Nazi propoganda minister Joseph Goebbels used to have his underground bunker, secondly because the anti-graffiti paint used on the stones was made by the same company that produced the poison gas used in Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.

The list goes on. It is certainly a must-see sight, it's not often you will find a memorial dedicated to what a country has done wrong so centrally located. Not only is it close to where Hitler's bunker used to be, but it's also right next to the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building.

Walk through the memorial and you'll quickly realise it's not the kind of place you'll want to have a summer picnic at. Although initially most people did, because they just didn't understand what it was - with there being no signs around to explain anything. There's now a documentation centre underneath the memorial.

Why should I go
Because it's an important part of German history that needs never to be forgotten.

Where
Stresemannstrasse 90, near the Brandenburg Gate

Homepage
www.stiftung-denkmal.de/

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