Peculiarities of the Holocaust Memorial - Essay Example

The memorial is in the form of a cuboid and has a window where two kissing men can be seen.

It is a good idea to have different monuments for the different groups. Although all the groups were victims of the Nazis, they were murdered for different reasons. As such, it was a good idea to have the monuments of the different groups separate.

It is a good idea to have an underground place for information on the holocaust memorial. This information center lists the names of the Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. It is a good idea to have the names of the victims for commemoration purposes, educational and research purposes (Blumer, 67).

The name “memorial of the murdered Jews” singles out the Jews that were killed by the Nazis. It does not include the Jews who died of old age and diseases in the concentration camps. I think a better name for the memorial would be “a memorial for the holocaust victims”.

We have a holocaust museum in the United States, but we do not have a single museum for slavery or genocide in the country. I think this is because while the Americans did not perpetuate the killing of the Jews, they helped end it and that is why we have a holocaust museum. However, in the case of slavery, the United States perpetuated the slave trade and does not have a slavery museum. I think Americans want to wash away this part of their history. There have also been numerous arguments that Africans were both the perpetrators and victims of the slave trade.