Few monuments built in the memory of victims are able to convey a feeling as deep as this one does. Solemn and eerie, walking through it gives you an intense feeling of loneliness that completely invades you. Located in the city center, it is composed of 2,711 concrete slabs covering an area of 19,000 square meters. The slabs have different heights and are designed to create an atmosphere that is both uncomfortable and confusing.
This memorial is moving and deeply saddening. It conveys a feeling that is hard to explain. When you visit, please remember what this place is and be respectful. I saw tourists running around, climbing on the concrete slabs. The security guard had to address some of these tourists so they would stop.
Walking through the Holocaust Memorial I felt both anger and sadness because of the serious background of this memorial; and fascination and joy because the rare beauty of this place and the life that is going on there...
Touching, puzzling, disturbing, cold and cruel just like it wants to be
