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The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism is a memorial in Berlin, Germany. The monument is dedicated to the memory of the 220,000 - 500,000 people murdered in the Porajmos – the Nazi genocide of the European Sinti and Roma peoples.〔(An official EU website on "The Fate of European Roma and Sinti During the Holocaust" )〕 It was designed by Dani Karavan and was officially opened on 24 October 2012〔BBC News ("Merkel opens Roma Holocaust Memorial in Berlin" ) 24 October 2012. Retrieved on 10 August 2013〕 by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the presence of President Joachim Gauck. == Location and design == The memorial is on Simsonweg in the Tiergarten in Berlin, south of the Reichstag and near the Brandenburg Gate. The memorial was designed by the Israeli artist Dani Karavan 〔(Official website of Dani Karavan )〕〔(The German foundation "Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" )〕 and consists of a dark, circular pool of water at the centre of which there is a triangular stone. The triangular shape of the stone is in reference to the badges that had to be worn by concentration camp prisoners. The stone is retractable and a fresh flower is placed upon it daily. In bronze letters around the edge of the pool is the poem 'Auschwitz' by Roma poet Santino Spinelli, although the monument commemorates all Roma and Sinti murdered during the Porajmos: :''Gaunt face'' :''dead eyes'' :''cold lips'' :''quiet'' :''a broken heart'' :''out of breath'' :''without words'' :''no tears'' Information boards surround the memorial and provide a chronology of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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