Study: Cracks Spread in Berlin Holocaust Memorial.
Israel Faxx, January, 2008
By Reuters
The Holocaust memorial in Berlin is showing signs of serious wear and tear = just three years after its completion, with cracks in more than half of its= concrete blocks, according to a recent study.
Structural engineer Joachim Schulz conducted a survey of the field of block= s located in Berlin's central Mitte district at the end of last year for Ge= rmany's Cicero magazine.
Berliner Zeitung daily revealed that since the site's inauguration in 2005 = passersby have urinated regularly alongside the 2,711 concrete slabs in com= plex; 'we have not received hygiene related complaints from visitors,' the = memorial's initiator said.
Almost 1,400 of the 2,711 blocks that make up the site are beginning to cra= ck, he said in...
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