Sanders Isaac Bernstein at Cabinet Magazine:
In the glade that is the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered under National Socialism, history seeks to enter memory. At the center of a grove of trees is a dark pool, reflecting the open sky as well as the looming face of the Reichstag. Surrounded by shattered stones inscribed with the names of sixty-nine sites where National Socialist Germany incarcerated and killed Sinti and Roma, the pool itself in turn surrounds a triangular island, the memorial’s center, on which rests a flower or two, unwilting.
Situated in the middle of Berlin, steps away from the Brandenburg Gate and across the street from the Reichstag, the memorial, sheltered by tall trees, feels a place apart. Its sounds and rhythms are distinct from the babbling frenzy of the city, seemingly distant. From the trees comes birdsong, and from invisible speakers a plaintive violin composition—“Mare Manuschenge” (Our people), composed for this site by Sinto violinist and politician Romeo Franz. Visitors who enter the memorial drift around its landscape.
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