Holocaust Memorial
E180485
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a large, somber field of concrete stelae commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holocaust Memorial canonical | 2 |
| Holocaust memorial | 1 |
| Holocaust memorials | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1586842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holocaust Memorial Context triple: [Mitte, Berlin, contains, Holocaust Memorial]
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A.
Oregon Holocaust Memorial
The Oregon Holocaust Memorial is a public monument in Portland that commemorates victims and survivors of the Holocaust through symbolic sculptures, inscriptions, and educational displays.
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B.
YadVashem
Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial and research center dedicated to documenting, studying, and commemorating the Holocaust and its victims.
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C.
Nuremberg Trials Memorial
The Nuremberg Trials Memorial is a museum and documentation center in Nuremberg, Germany, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and legacy of the post–World War II war crimes trials held there.
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D.
Elie Wiesel Memorial House
The Elie Wiesel Memorial House is a museum in Sighetu Marmației, Romania, dedicated to the life, work, and legacy of Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, located in his childhood home.
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E.
Bełżec memorial and museum
The Bełżec memorial and museum is a commemorative site and educational center in southeastern Poland that preserves the memory of the victims of the Nazi Bełżec extermination camp through exhibitions, documentation, and a large-scale memorial landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holocaust Memorial Target entity description: The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a large, somber field of concrete stelae commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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A.
Oregon Holocaust Memorial
The Oregon Holocaust Memorial is a public monument in Portland that commemorates victims and survivors of the Holocaust through symbolic sculptures, inscriptions, and educational displays.
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B.
YadVashem
Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial and research center dedicated to documenting, studying, and commemorating the Holocaust and its victims.
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C.
Nuremberg Trials Memorial
The Nuremberg Trials Memorial is a museum and documentation center in Nuremberg, Germany, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and legacy of the post–World War II war crimes trials held there.
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D.
Elie Wiesel Memorial House
The Elie Wiesel Memorial House is a museum in Sighetu Marmației, Romania, dedicated to the life, work, and legacy of Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, located in his childhood home.
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E.
Bełżec memorial and museum
The Bełżec memorial and museum is a commemorative site and educational center in southeastern Poland that preserves the memory of the victims of the Nazi Bełżec extermination camp through exhibitions, documentation, and a large-scale memorial landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust memorial
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memorial ⓘ monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| admissionFee | free ⓘ |
| architect | Peter Eisenman ⓘ |
| area | 19000 square meters ⓘ |
| category |
Holocaust memorials in Germany
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Monuments and memorials in Berlin ⓘ Tourist attractions in Berlin ⓘ |
| coDesigner | Buro Happold ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Holocaust
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Jewish victims of the Holocaust ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2003-04-01 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| designedBy | Peter Eisenman ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Federal Government of Germany
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surface form:
German Federal Government
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| hasDesignConcept |
field of stelae
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labyrinthine pathways ⓘ |
| hasPart |
concrete stelae
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underground information center ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
commemoration
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education about the Holocaust ⓘ |
| heightRangeOfStelae | 0.2 to 4.8 meters ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 2005-05-10 ⓘ |
| isAccessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin-Mitte locality
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surface form:
Berlin-Mitte
|
| locatedNear |
Brandenburg Gate
ⓘ
Tiergarten ⓘ |
| locatedOn | former no man’s land of the Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| location | Berlin ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas ⓘ |
| materialUsed | concrete ⓘ |
| memorialTheme | systematic persecution and murder of European Jews ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
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surface form:
Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
|
| nearTransport |
Brandenburger Tor S-Bahn station
ⓘ
surface form:
Brandenburger Tor station
Potsdamer Platz station ⓘ |
| numberOfStelae | 2711 ⓘ |
| officialName |
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
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| openingDate | 2005-05-12 ⓘ |
| owner |
Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| structuralEngineer | Buro Happold ⓘ |
| typeOfStructure | open-air memorial ⓘ |
| urbanContext | city center ⓘ |
| website | https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Holocaust Memorial Description of subject: The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a large, somber field of concrete stelae commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mitte
this entity surface form:
Holocaust memorials
this entity surface form:
Holocaust memorial