Holocaust Memorial

E180485

Holocaust memorial memorial monument tourist attraction

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a large, somber field of concrete stelae commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

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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]

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.
B. YadVashem
Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial and research center dedicated to documenting, studying, and commemorating the Holocaust and its victims.
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.
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.
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.

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.
B. YadVashem
Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial and research center dedicated to documenting, studying, and commemorating the Holocaust and its victims.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ memorial ⓘ monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
admissionFee	free ⓘ
architect	Peter Eisenman ⓘ
area	19000 square meters ⓘ
category	Holocaust memorials in Germany ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Berlin ⓘ Tourist attractions in Berlin ⓘ
coDesigner	Buro Happold ⓘ
commemorates	Holocaust ⓘ Jewish victims of the Holocaust ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2003-04-01 ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
designedBy	Peter Eisenman ⓘ
governingBody	German Federal Government ⓘ linked to: Federal Government of Germany
hasDesignConcept	field of stelae ⓘ labyrinthine pathways ⓘ
hasPart	concrete stelae ⓘ underground information center ⓘ
hasPurpose	commemoration ⓘ education about the Holocaust ⓘ
heightRangeOfStelae	0.2 to 4.8 meters ⓘ
inaugurationDate	2005-05-10 ⓘ
isAccessibleTo	public ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ German ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin-Mitte ⓘ linked to: Berlin-Mitte locality
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	Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas ⓘ linked to: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
nearTransport	Brandenburger Tor station ⓘ linked to: Brandenburger Tor S-Bahn station Potsdamer Platz station ⓘ
numberOfStelae	2711 ⓘ
officialName	Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe ⓘ linked to: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
openingDate	2005-05-12 ⓘ
owner	Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ linked to: Germany
structuralEngineer	Buro Happold ⓘ
typeOfStructure	open-air memorial ⓘ
urbanContext	city center ⓘ
website	https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitte, Berlin → contains → Holocaust Memorial ⓘ

Mitte → contains → Holocaust Memorial ⓘ

subject linked to: Mitte district

Dohány Street → hasLandmark → Holocaust memorials ⓘ

linked to: Holocaust Memorial

Willy Brandt Square → hasMemorialType → Holocaust memorial ⓘ