Omnia Mutantur » History http://ricardo.strangevistas.net "No. Not even in the face of Armaggedon. Never compromise." Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Memorials http://ricardo.strangevistas.net/memorials.html http://ricardo.strangevistas.net/memorials.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:31:09 +0000 Ricardo http://ricardo.strangevistas.net/?p=452 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Berlin is littered with memorials, particularly for the jews murdered during the Holocaust. Everywhere you look there’s a plaque, or a statue, or entire areas covered in mock tombs. There’s even talk of making independent memorials for other groups, such as the gypsies.

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Holocaust Memorial to Murdered Jews

None I’ve seen have so effectively conveyed the message as these small copper pebbles, embedded in the road outside the houses where those deported and exterminated used to live. They list their birth year, where they were sent to, and when they died.

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