Holocaust memorial Berlin photosHolocaust-memorial in Berlin. Pictures of the site close to Brandenburg Gate. What do the 2,711 cement blocks, so called "stele" actually mean? Take a virtual walk on the memorial field, a 19,000 square meter stretch of land right in the center of Berlin. Pictures and photos of the site.Explanation of 2,711 concrete stele Each stele is 95 centimeters wide, 2.38 meters long, up to 4.7 meters high and placed with Prussian precision at an interval of 95 centimeters. Architect Peter Eisenman, 72, has come up with several explanations: At times he spoke of "divergence in concept", other times of the "illusion of order" or the "absolute axiality" that had been undermined. Or of the "hegemony of the visual" that had to be overcome.
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