2. RAISED TO THE GROUND BY BOMBARDMENT
AND BATTEL BY THE NAZIS THE KVIBSBERG DISTRICT WAS REBUILT
IN THE 60s
WITH SOME REMAINS LIKE THE COLLIGEN HOUSE WHICH WAS THEN
THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND NOW THE OLD BERLIN MUSEUM
SOON AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEW BERLIN MUSEUM
WAS PUT FORWARD THROUGH A COMPETITION DEDICATED TO
JEWISH HISTORY
165 ARCHITECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPETITION
3.
4. A year later, Daniel Libeskind's design was
chosen for the commission for what was then
planned as a “Jewish Department” for the
Berlin Museum.
While other entrants proposed cool, neutral
spaces, Libeskind offered a radical, zigzag
design, which earned the nickname 'Blitz
The empty museum was completed in 1999
and attracted over 350,000 people before it
was filled and opened on September 9, 2001.
5. THE DESIGN
BLITZ- LIGHTNING
TOTURED DISCREET FORM
TO SHOW ALL VOILENCE
RUPTURY IN HISTORY OF
JEWS AND GERMANY
THE BEAUTIFUL TREES
ALREDY EXISTING ON THE
SITE GAVE THE DIRECTION
OR THE ANGELS TO THE
BUILDING
ACCORDING TO THE
ARCHITECT
THE TREES WHICH ARE
SINCE THE WARS TOLD THE
HISTORY OF BERLIN
