Ground Broken
For Museum
Berlin (JTA) — More than
two decades after it was first
proposed, the cornerstone for
a Jewish museum in Berlin
was finally laid there on
Nov. 9, the 54th anniversary
of Kristallnacht.
The museum, which is
shaped like a lightning bolt,
is really an extension of the
Berlin Museum designed to
house a Jewish collection. It
was designed by an accla-
imed American Jewish
architect, Daniel Libeskind,
who won an international
competition for the muse-
um's design in June 1989.
The Polish-born Libeskind,
whose parents lost many
relatives in the Holocaust,
said last year, "Even though
am not German, I am real-
ly from here. It is as if I have
worked on this project my
whole life."
At the groundbreaking
ceremony, Berlin Mayor
Eberhard Diepgen recalled
the fact that the Jewish Mu-
seum is one of the very few
new public projects that
Berlin is still financing
despite its tight budget.
The museum was a hot
item of dispute only last
year.
In August 1991, Berlin
municipal officials approved
an outlay of some $1.7 mill-
ion for "further planning" of
the museum.
The municipality's expen-
diture for the museum was
far short of the originally
planned allocation of about
$8 million.
It is believed the project
will cost a total of nearly $69
million. It was originally
scheduled for completion by
1995 but is now slated for
1998.
The museum is going up
against a backdrop of cons-
tant attacks by right-wing
extremists against for-
eigners, asylum hostels,
Jews and Jewish sites. Mr.
Diepgen pointed out that
Germany will not tolerate
any extremist violence.
The director of the Berlin
Museum, Rolf Bothe, said he
was recently asked whether
it is proper for such a muse-
urn to also serve as a
memorial.
■
"The answer is simple," he
said. "As long as concentra-
tion camps such as
Sachsenhausen are set on
fire, it is justified for the new
museum to also serve as a
memorial."
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