Memorializing World War II

There is no doubt that Germany’s role in World War II is how the small European country is mostly remembered. A time in history that will not soon be forgotten.
There are many governments and people that simply want to erase their wrong doings and forget the crimes they have committed. A primary example would be the insufferable cruelty the American soldiers and settles did to the American Indians. Entire tribes were kicked off of their land and murdered to make way for settlers. Many people wanted to completely destroy them like the Jewish race because they were considered unclean and uncivilized. However, for the most part Americans chose to forget this time in history and the horrible crimes committed against the American Indians. Therefore, it is quite admirable that Germany chooses not to push parts of their history under the table.
The memorials remember the discrimination, persecution, expulsion, murder of Jews in a number of ways and are placed in important public places that are easily found within the city. Showing that the Germans are not trying to hide this time in their history but learn from it demonstrating to future generations the remorse they feel for that period in time.
The concepts for the various memorials are very different from one another and are spread throughout the city. There is Peter Eisenman, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, which was heavily debated for nearly a decade, due to its close proximity to the Brandenburg Gate. Another is the New Guard House which is dedicated to the victims of War and Tyranny. There is also various monuments built by the Soviets shortly after the war as if to say, “Look what you have done, and what we had to do to stop you.”