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| | Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe - recent photos by Bonnie Harris and June 2002 photos |
 | | The 19,000 square-meter Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, which was opened to the public on May 12, 2005, consists of 2711 stones placed on sloping, uneven ground in an undulating wave-like pattern, giving visitors the feeling of insecurity as though the stones were on unstable ground. |
 | | The memorial was designed by architect Peter Eisenman to deliberately disorient visitors by having all the stones tilted slightly and paths that are not level. |
 | | At the opening ceremony on May 10, 2005, Paul Spiegel, the head of Germany's Central Council of Jews, sharply criticized the new Holocaust memorial, saying that it was too abstract and that it failed to confront the issue of German guilt. |
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