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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe


Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Information sur la photo
Copyright: Silvio Sorcini (Silvio2006) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3338 W: 97 N: 4249] (42545)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Noir & blanc
Date de prise de vue: 2009-06-22
Catégories: Architecture
Exposition: f/11, 1/500 secondes
More Photo Info: [view]
Versions: version originale
Date de soumission: 2009-06-28 10:27
Vue: 287
Points: 48
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
Il bianco e nero mi è sembrato più adatto per questo ricordo dell'olocausto.
Per non dimenticare mai.
Perchè non accada mai più un tale orrore.

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38m (7.8') long, 0.95m (3' 1.5") wide and vary in height from 0.2 m to 4.8m (8" to 15'9"). According to Eisenman's project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. A 2005 copy of the Foundation for the Memorial's official English tourist pamphlet, however, states that the design represents a radical approach to the traditional concept of a memorial, partly because Eisenman did not use any symbolism. An attached underground "Place of Information" (German: Ort der Information) holds the names of all known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained from the Israeli museum Yad Vashem.
Building began on April 1, 2003 and was finished on December 15, 2004. It was inaugurated on May 10, 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II, and opened to the public on May 12 of the same year. It is located one block south of the Brandenburg Gate, in the Friedrichstadt neighborhood. The cost of construction was approximately €25 million.

Il Memoriale per gli ebrei assassinati d'Europa conosciuto anche come Memoriale dell'Olocausto (o meglio, della Shoah) (tedesco: Holocaust-Mahnmal), è un memoriale di Berlino dedicato agli ebrei vittime della Shoah. È stato progettato dal'architetto Peter Eisenman, assieme all'ingegnere Buro Happold. Nonostante il bando sia stato pubblicato nel 1997, la costruzione è iniziata solo nel 2003 e l'inaugurazione si è tenuta il 10 maggio del 2005. Il costo approssimativo del complesso è stato di 25 milioni di euro. Il memoriale si trova nel quartiere Mitte, un isolato a sud della porta di Brandeburgo.
Il monumento consiste in una piazza di 19.000 metri quadri occupata da 2.771 steli di calcestruzzo, organizzate secondo una griglia ortogonale. Le steli sono tutte larghe 2,375 m e lunghe 95 cm, mentre l'altezza è molto variabile, da 0,2 a 4 m. In base al testo di progetto di Eisenman, le steli sono progettate per disorientare e l'intero complesso intende rappresentare un sistema teoricamente ordinato, che ha però perso il contatto con la ragione umana. Il Centro documentazioni sotterraneo contiene i nomi di tutti gli ebrei vittime della Shoah, ottenuti dal museo Yad Vashem.
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A flashpoint: deutchSilvio2006 1 06-28 13:23
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Hi Silvio,
Very beautiful B&W photo vith excellent lighting and graphism.TFS.
Ciao,

hAyAti

Boa tarde Silvio,

Excelente geometria e acertada escolha do preto e branco para apresentar esse magnífico trabalho!
Parabéns e um grande abraço,
Sergio

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  • werdir Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 543 W: 35 N: 582] (2589)
  • [2009-06-28 11:28]

Hi Silvio,

I applaud you on this work my friend! Your photo captures the uneasy, confusing feeling well. Very sharp B&W composition taken from an interesting perspective. Well done!

Best regards,
Werner

Ciao Silvio,
magnifico punto di vista.
Io ho una foto del luogo
che non può essere paragonata alla tua.
Hai provato anche tu un senso di nullità attraversandolo?
Ciao Mari

Hi Silvio
interesting photographic interpretation of the special memorial monument with the pov you took here.
the play of shadows and light well captured.
excellent shot. b&w was a good choice for this presentation.
shalom
tsilla

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1259 W: 0 N: 2462] (20214)
  • [2009-06-28 12:55]

Hello,


Très belle image de ce mémorila, très beau graphsiem, un image qui fait bien réflérich, sueprbe contraste.

bravoe t amitié

Nicou

It looks a little like a number of coffins exposed in very harsh light which could be seen as symbolic of such attrocities. TFS Well captured and helpful note
warm regards
David

ciao Silvio!
prospettiva in B&nero efficace
davvero un quadro astratto per la memoria
hai imparato il deutch?

ciao sERGIO

Hello Silvio,
Simple but impressive image, powerful graphic expression
TFS
Selahattin E

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  • fransx Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 56 N: 908] (7802)
  • [2009-06-28 13:36]

Hi Silvio,
A fabulous geometrical composition with perfect symmetry!
A superb POV to produce such a perfect perspective with a deep DOF.
Nice regtangular shapes well interpreted in B&W.
A fine piece of art produced by means of a camera with your artistic skill behind it.
A nice memorial monument presented in a neat frame.
Well done.
Congratulations!

Francis Xavier

Such a powerful shot Silvio! A black mark on the human race, for sure. No race deserves this. Such horror! Never will be forgotten! Powerful emotion here! The blocks are STRONG, they make for a very striking photo. The BW has a colorless cast over the whole thing, as I feel it should! Nice work!
B-)
Linda

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1004 W: 81 N: 66] (12130)
  • [2009-06-28 14:48]

dear Silvio,
this picture looks really modern abstract art work, though the objects are actually memorial to Holocaust...
repetition of white, gray and black pieces make wonder space in it.
of course we must remember and think about that historical meaning, then we can see this scene as the artistic view.
the cool pattern shows us warm hope or cold despair, it depends on our imagination.
thank you,
Akihisa

Hi Silvio,
Nice black and white picture and perpective,
Excellent POV. and details,
good contrast and light.
Nice note of the sujet.
well done .
Michel

Silvio
Un lieu chargé d'émotion et qui se prête très bien à la photo. Très bon graphisme admirablement traité en noir et blanc.
Amicalement
JJ

Bom dia Silvio,
Sad theme, but nice graphical effect.
Great presentation,
Raimundo

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  • soe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 402 W: 0 N: 107] (2461)
  • [2009-06-29 7:02]

Hi Silvio
Wonderful B/W with beautiful lighting and shade with graphic expression.Nice POV and wonderful detail.
Tin Soe

Ciao amico Silvio,
Great abstract shot from you.
TFS and have a nice day!
Bayram

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  • papera Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 109 W: 21 N: 794] (3246)
  • [2009-06-30 12:05]

ciao silvio,
ricordo che anche io feci molte foto a questo monumento, ma forse per la mancanza di luce vivida il risultato fu molto piatto e non seppi come valorizzarne il lato grafico.
tu invece ci sei riuscito benissimo, mostrando il contrasto e le angolature di questi blocchi di pietra.
l'effeto finale mi piace molto.
c.

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  • linus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1474 W: 10 N: 738] (10751)
  • [2009-06-30 18:35]

Hi Silvio,
A great graphical image. A stark reminder of a world gone mad.
Sunil

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  • Usaf Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 205 W: 80 N: 145] (1462)
  • [2009-07-06 5:45]

Hello Silvio
Amazing & interesting composition, very well taken. I like the pattern, the B&W look is great.

TFS
Usaf

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1406 W: 275 N: 1931] (11938)
  • [2009-07-06 13:47]

Hi Silvio.
Well composed with good perspective and detalis.
Good idea to show it in black and white.
Regards
Janek Kloss

bella sincronia monocromatica e definizione del punto indefinito dell'immagine
quasi a voler definire lo spazio iperdrammatico della situazione descritta!
accc che storia ho tirato su!
visto che si sta muovendo qualcosa?
Bravo silvio

powerful and striking. an iconic photo.

Hi Silvio,
Son derece geometrik dizayn,güzel bire siyah-beyaz fotoğraf.
CONGRATULATİONS!
aTAMAN

hola silvio
beautiful B&W photo y
exelente trabajo bravo

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