PLACES
The Jewish Memorial in central Berlin, can there be a more somber reminder that 6+ Million Jews were murdered during WW II?
In an area of 19,000 square meters the architect, Peter Eisenman, has placed 2711 concrete slabs of differing heights to create a very thought-provoking experience for any visitor to the site.
For any photographer the site offers challenges not usually present at a memorial, as its deliberate blandness quite rightly creates an atmosphere of gloom, the monotonous grey gnawing relentlessly away at the spirit.
Over the years I’ve been there many times to see whether I can discover anything new there, this is a collection of some of my favourites.
- Winter Trees in the Tiergarten
- Jewish Memorial
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park/Gleisdreieck
- Schlesische Straße/Falckensteinstraße
- Yorckstraße/Mehringdamm
- The Boxi
- The tree
- The family journey
- The old boy
- The crossing
- Endstation
- The street corner
© Andrew James Kirkwood – 2024