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Is Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial) worth it with kids?

DependsWith kids

With kids, it depends on the day.

Walking into the dipping, disorienting grid of slabs is a powerful bodily experience, and the free Ort der Information below is among the most affecting museums anywhere. The catch: it's an open plaza, so you'll see tourists clambering and posing on the stelae, which can puncture the gravity.

Price
Free
Time
45 min–1.5 hr
Last verified
2026-06-17
Is Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial) worth it…
How we verified
  • Peter Eisenman's field of 2,711 concrete stelae over ~19,000 sq m near the Brandenburg Gate; opened 10 May 2005. · stiftung-denkmal.de
  • An underground 'Place of Information' documents the persecution and extermination of Europe's Jews. · stiftung-denkmal.de
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