This book is a study of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial Competitions of the 1990s, with a focus on designs that kindle empathetic responses. As the winning design for The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is abstract with an information centre, there is an exploration of the memorial museum.
Mark Callaghan is an art historian who has taught at several leading institutions, including Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. He specializes in contemporary memory culture and twentieth century art history.