Hotels near Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Peter Eisenman's 2005 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust-Mahnmal) is Berlin's most powerful piece of public memory - a 19,000 sq m field of 2,711 concrete stelae of varying heights, sloping ground, deliberately disorienting. There is no central viewpoint, no single meaning - each visitor's experience is shaped by where they enter and how the rows close in.

The underground Information Centre (Ort der Information, free) displays the names of all known Holocaust victims and lays out the history through diaries, family photos, and letters. Allow 90 minutes for the centre alone. The memorial sits two minutes south of the Brandenburg Gate.

Pro Tip: Visit early morning when no school groups are in. The memorial is not a tourist photo op - climbing on the stelae is disrespectful and signs explicitly request quiet behaviour. The Information Centre closes Mondays.