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'''The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism''' is a memorial in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. The monument is dedicated to the memory of the 220,000 - 500,000 people murdered in the the [[Porajmos]] - the Nazi genocide of the European Sinti and Roma peoples. It was designed by [[Dani Karavan]] and was officially opened on 24 October 2012<ref>BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20050780 "Merkel opens Roma Holocaust Memorial in Berlin"] 24 October 2012. Retrieved on 10 August 2013</ref> by [[German Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] in the presence of [[President]] [[Joachim Gauck]].
'''The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism''' is a memorial in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. The monument is dedicated to the memory of the 220,000 - 500,000 people murdered in the the [[Porajmos]] - the Nazi genocide of the European Sinti and Roma peoples. It was designed by [[Dani Karavan]] and was officially opened on 24 October 2012<ref>BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20050780 "Merkel opens Roma Holocaust Memorial in Berlin"] 24 October 2012. Retrieved on 10 August 2013</ref> by [[German Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] in the presence of [[President]] [[Joachim Gauck]].


[[File:Berlin-DenkmalSintiRoma4-Asio.JPG|thumb|alt=The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism|The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism.]]
[[File:Berlin-DenkmalSintiRoma4-Asio.JPG|thumb|alt=The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism|The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism.]]


==Location and design==
== Location and design ==


The memorial is on Simsonweg in the [[Tiergarten]] in Berlin, south of the Reichstag and near the [[Brandenburg Gate]].
The memorial is on Simsonweg in the [[Tiergarten]] in Berlin, south of the Reichstag and near the [[Brandenburg Gate]].
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Information boards surround the memorial and provide a chronology of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma.
Information boards surround the memorial and provide a chronology of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma.


==History==
== History ==


The establishment of a permanent memorial to Sinti and Roma victims of the Nazi regime was a long-standing demand of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the German Sinti Alliance. In 1992 the Federal Government agreed to build the monument but the memorial faced years of delay and disputes over its design and location. The city of Berlin initially wanted to place it in the less prominent district of Marzahn, where hundreds of Roma and Sinti were held in terrible conditions from 1936. In 2001 it was agreed to site it in the Tiergarten close to other Holocaust memorials but work did not officially commence until 19 December 2008, the commemoration day for victims of the Porajmos. The memorial was completed at a cost of 2.8 million euros and unveiled by Angela Merkel on 24 October 2012.
The establishment of a permanent memorial to Sinti and Roma victims of the Nazi regime was a long-standing demand of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the German Sinti Alliance. In 1992 the Federal Government agreed to build the monument but the memorial faced years of delay and disputes over its design and location. The city of Berlin initially wanted to place it in the less prominent district of Marzahn, where hundreds of Roma and Sinti were held in terrible conditions from 1936. In 2001 it was agreed to site it in the Tiergarten close to other Holocaust memorials but work did not officially commence until 19 December 2008, the commemoration day for victims of the Porajmos. The memorial was completed at a cost of 2.8 million euros and unveiled by Angela Merkel on 24 October 2012.


==References==
== References ==

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Revision as of 14:51, 14 August 2013

The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism is a memorial in Berlin, Germany. The monument is dedicated to the memory of the 220,000 - 500,000 people murdered in the the Porajmos - the Nazi genocide of the European Sinti and Roma peoples. It was designed by Dani Karavan and was officially opened on 24 October 2012[1] by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the presence of President Joachim Gauck.

The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism
The centre of the pool at The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism.

Location and design

The memorial is on Simsonweg in the Tiergarten in Berlin, south of the Reichstag and near the Brandenburg Gate.

The memorial was designed by the Israeli artist Dani Karavan and consists of a dark, circular pool of water at the centre of which there is a triangular stone. The trianglular shape of the stone is in reference to the badges that had to be worn by concentration camp prisoners. The stone is retractable and a fresh flower is placed upon it daily. In bronze letters around the edge of the pool is the poem 'Auschwitz' by Roma poet Santino Spinelli:

Gaunt face
dead eyes
cold lips
quiet
a broken heart
out of breath
without words
no tears

Information boards surround the memorial and provide a chronology of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma.

History

The establishment of a permanent memorial to Sinti and Roma victims of the Nazi regime was a long-standing demand of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the German Sinti Alliance. In 1992 the Federal Government agreed to build the monument but the memorial faced years of delay and disputes over its design and location. The city of Berlin initially wanted to place it in the less prominent district of Marzahn, where hundreds of Roma and Sinti were held in terrible conditions from 1936. In 2001 it was agreed to site it in the Tiergarten close to other Holocaust memorials but work did not officially commence until 19 December 2008, the commemoration day for victims of the Porajmos. The memorial was completed at a cost of 2.8 million euros and unveiled by Angela Merkel on 24 October 2012.

References

  1. ^ BBC News "Merkel opens Roma Holocaust Memorial in Berlin" 24 October 2012. Retrieved on 10 August 2013


[[:Category:Holocaust memorials] Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin Category:2012 introductions in Germany

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