On October 14, 2003, the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger" published a series of articles presenting as a scandal that the company Degussa was involved in the construction of the monument by producing the anti-graffiti substance called Protectosil") used to cover the steles, given that the company had in the past been involved in different forms of Nazi persecution against Jews. A subsidiary of Degussa, Degesch, was also the one that produced the Zyklon B used to murder people in the gas chambers. At first, these items did not receive much attention, until the curatorium (group of administrators) in charge of construction discussed this situation on October 23 and, after controversial and turbulent debates, decided to stop construction immediately until a decision was made.

In principle, it was the representatives of the Jewish community who called for an end to Degussa's involvement in the project, while curatorium politicians such as Wolfgang Thierse") did not want to stop construction so as not to lose money for that reason. They also said that it would be impossible to exclude all German companies related to Nazi crimes, since – as Thierse indicated – "the past festers in German society."[5]​ Lea Rosh"), who also supported the exclusion of Degussa, responded to this by saying "the limit was, inexcusably, Zyklon B."[6]​ In the discussions that followed, several things were discovered.

Firstly, it became clear that it was no coincidence that Degussa's involvement was publicized in Switzerland, since another company that had tried to produce the anti-graffiti substance was located there. In addition, it was discovered that the foundation carrying out the construction, as well as Lea Rosh, had known of Degussa's involvement for at least a year but had done nothing to prevent it. Rosh later claimed that he did not know about the connections between Degussa and Degesch. It was also revealed that another Degussa subsidiary, Woerman Bauchemie GmbH, had already served the foundation in connection with the stelae. The Tages-Anzeiger also reported that Degussa had offered the anti-graffiti substance for a special low price in order to sponsor the monument. One problem that arose with the exclusion of Degussa from the project was that many of the stelae had already been covered with Degussa's product. This should have been eliminated if another company had been hired as a replacement. The cost in that case would be around 2.34 million euros.

During discussions about what to do, which lasted until November 13, many Jewish organizations, including the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland), talked about not working with Degussa, although architect Peter Eisenman supported it. On November 13 the decision was to continue working with the company, a decision that was widely criticized. Henryk M. Broder), for example, said that "the Jews did not need this monument, and that they were not prepared to designate a pigsty as kosher".[7]​[8]​.

On December 15, 2004 the monument was completed. It was dedicated on May 10, 2005 as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day) and opened to the public two days later.

It is estimated that approximately 3.5 million visitors entered the monument during the first year of opening, i.e., roughly 10,000 per day. Around 490,000 people also visited the underground "information point", of which over 40% were non-German. The foundation in charge of managing the monument considered this a success; its president Uwe Neumärker) called the monument a "tourist magnet".

Among all the concrete slabs we can find trees. These trees make us understand that they represent life and the memory between death that this memorial represents.

Since its inauguration there have been several incidents of vandalism. Although the pillars were protected with a graffiti-resistant coating, during the first year swastikas were drawn on the steles on up to five occasions.[9]​.

In 2009, swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on 12 of the 2,700 gray stone slabs.[10] In 2014, the German government promised to increase security at the Memorial, after a video was posted online showing a man urinating and people launching fireworks from one of the structures on New Year's Day.[11]

• - A view between the steles.

• - The monument in the spring of 2004.

• - The trails in the evening light.

• - Field of stelae.

• - Perspective of the corridor between stelae.

• - Panoramic view.

• - The monument at night.

• - The 2009 monument.

• - Portal:Judaism. Content related to Judaism.

• - Holocaust.

• - Monument to homosexuals persecuted by Nazism.

• - Christian Saehrendt: „The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin“. In: The Burlington Magazine, December 2005.

• - Leggewie, Claus/Meyer, Erik: "»Ein Ort, an den man gerne geht«". Carl Hanser Verlag. 2005. ISBN 3-446-20586-1.

• - http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/zdk/en204106.htm.

• - This work contains a Full translation derived from «Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe» from Wikipedia in English, specifically from this version, published by its editors under the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

• - The Monument on the internet.

• - The Economist: Germany's Jews (January 3, 2008).

• - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe at Archiplanet.

• - Project website Archived October 11, 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

• - The coordinates of the monument are.

On October 14, 2003, the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger" published a series of articles presenting as a scandal that the company Degussa was involved in the construction of the monument by producing the anti-graffiti substance called Protectosil") used to cover the steles, given that the company had in the past been involved in different forms of Nazi persecution against Jews. A subsidiary of Degussa, Degesch, was also the one that produced the Zyklon B used to murder people in the gas chambers. At first, these items did not receive much attention, until the curatorium (group of administrators) in charge of construction discussed this situation on October 23 and, after controversial and turbulent debates, decided to stop construction immediately until a decision was made.

In principle, it was the representatives of the Jewish community who called for an end to Degussa's involvement in the project, while curatorium politicians such as Wolfgang Thierse") did not want to stop construction so as not to lose money for that reason. They also said that it would be impossible to exclude all German companies related to Nazi crimes, since – as Thierse indicated – "the past festers in German society."[5]​ Lea Rosh"), who also supported the exclusion of Degussa, responded to this by saying "the limit was, inexcusably, Zyklon B."[6]​ In the discussions that followed, several things were discovered.

Firstly, it became clear that it was no coincidence that Degussa's involvement was publicized in Switzerland, since another company that had tried to produce the anti-graffiti substance was located there. In addition, it was discovered that the foundation carrying out the construction, as well as Lea Rosh, had known of Degussa's involvement for at least a year but had done nothing to prevent it. Rosh later claimed that he did not know about the connections between Degussa and Degesch. It was also revealed that another Degussa subsidiary, Woerman Bauchemie GmbH, had already served the foundation in connection with the stelae. The Tages-Anzeiger also reported that Degussa had offered the anti-graffiti substance for a special low price in order to sponsor the monument. One problem that arose with the exclusion of Degussa from the project was that many of the stelae had already been covered with Degussa's product. This should have been eliminated if another company had been hired as a replacement. The cost in that case would be around 2.34 million euros.

During discussions about what to do, which lasted until November 13, many Jewish organizations, including the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland), talked about not working with Degussa, although architect Peter Eisenman supported it. On November 13 the decision was to continue working with the company, a decision that was widely criticized. Henryk M. Broder), for example, said that "the Jews did not need this monument, and that they were not prepared to designate a pigsty as kosher".[7]​[8]​.

On December 15, 2004 the monument was completed. It was dedicated on May 10, 2005 as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day) and opened to the public two days later.

It is estimated that approximately 3.5 million visitors entered the monument during the first year of opening, i.e., roughly 10,000 per day. Around 490,000 people also visited the underground "information point", of which over 40% were non-German. The foundation in charge of managing the monument considered this a success; its president Uwe Neumärker) called the monument a "tourist magnet".

Among all the concrete slabs we can find trees. These trees make us understand that they represent life and the memory between death that this memorial represents.

Since its inauguration there have been several incidents of vandalism. Although the pillars were protected with a graffiti-resistant coating, during the first year swastikas were drawn on the steles on up to five occasions.[9]​.

In 2009, swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on 12 of the 2,700 gray stone slabs.[10] In 2014, the German government promised to increase security at the Memorial, after a video was posted online showing a man urinating and people launching fireworks from one of the structures on New Year's Day.[11]

• - A view between the steles.

• - The monument in the spring of 2004.

• - The trails in the evening light.

• - Field of stelae.

• - Perspective of the corridor between stelae.

• - Panoramic view.

• - The monument at night.

• - The 2009 monument.

• - Portal:Judaism. Content related to Judaism.

• - Holocaust.

• - Monument to homosexuals persecuted by Nazism.

• - Christian Saehrendt: „The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin“. In: The Burlington Magazine, December 2005.

• - Leggewie, Claus/Meyer, Erik: "»Ein Ort, an den man gerne geht«". Carl Hanser Verlag. 2005. ISBN 3-446-20586-1.

• - http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/zdk/en204106.htm.

• - This work contains a Full translation derived from «Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe» from Wikipedia in English, specifically from this version, published by its editors under the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

• - The Monument on the internet.

• - The Economist: Germany's Jews (January 3, 2008).

• - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe at Archiplanet.

• - Project website Archived October 11, 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

• - The coordinates of the monument are.