Memorial to Europe's Sinti and Roma Murdered Under Nazism — Attraction in Berlin

This memorial is located near the east end of Tiergarten, between Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag. It is a simple and solemn tribute to the Sinti and Roma who were labeled as 'gypsies' and murdered under rule of the National Socialist Regime between 1933-1945.

Created by Israeli sculptor, Dani Karavan, the memorial consists of a small reflection pool and a retractable stone. A new flower that is placed on the stone daily. Surrounding the pool are various shaped flat stone surface, some slabs include names.

The walls which surround this monument include historical accounts of the the atrocities committed to the Sinti and Roma. The text is provided in English and German and helps put this particular memorial into context. It is well worth spending the few minutes required to read before entering the Memorial to the SInti and Roma Murdered under the National...

The Memorial to Europe's Sinti and Roma Murdered Under Nazism is very well worth a visit. That the murderous Holocaust devised by the Nazis targeted as well as other well-known groups the Sinti and Roma is not well-known. So the monument performs a valuable service in educating us about that facet of the Holocaust.

I found the short video playing on the glass wall outside the memorial, which can be watched in German or English, very instructive, and found the photos of Sinti and Roma killed by the Nazis on the same wall moving.

The memorial itself, behind the wall, was something of a let-down, though, after the excellent instructional material leading up to it. Nothing, no signs or plaques, explains what you're looking at you approach the memorial. I walked away wondering exactly what...

This monument stands in memory of the Sinti and Roma who were persecuted in much the same way Jews were by the Nazis. The memorial is an enclosed area within Tiergarten with a large circular pool with a triangular stone plaque, in reference similar badges that had to be worn by concentration camp prisoners. Around the pool are paving stones, some of which have names of concentration camps carved into them.

The walls of the memorial describe in painful detail about the persecution of Sinti and Roma. Visit this to remind ourselves just how cruel people can be and how not to allow these things to...