http://www.construction.com/NewsCent.../20031124o.asp

Nov 24 2003

Work recently resumed on Germany’s $32.5-million Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, after a supplier was suspended over its World War II role in the holocaust. More than 30 of the planned 2,751 abstract, concrete monoliths have been placed in Berlin since field installation began in late September.

Earlier it was reported by foundation board member Lea Rosh that contracting Degussa could offend many Holocaust survivors, since the company’s former subsidiary Degesch supplied "Zyklon B" hydrogen cyanide gas pellets to Nazi concentration camps.

Designed by U.S. architect Peter Eisenman the memorial will consist of a maze of 2,700 large concrete pillars and is being build close to the city’s landmark Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag parliament building.

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