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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

The Empty Library memorial, to remember the book burnings done by Nazis. In Berlin, Germany.

A powerful view of “The Empty Library” memorial in Bebelplatz, Berlin, Germany. The minimalist glass window set flush into the cobblestone square reveals a subterranean room lined with empty white bookshelves, symbolizing the void left by the 1933 Nazi book burnings. The site is where thousands of books by Jewish, Marxist, and other banned authors were publicly burned. In the background, the neoclassical St. Hedwig’s Cathedral with its distinctive green dome adds contrast to the solemnity of the memorial. Created by Israeli artist Micha Ullman in 1995.