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Book Chapter
A Fence
2005
Overview
In the center of Berlin is a wooden fence. It was erected to protect the 4.2-acre construction lot destined to become the central Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.Plastered on the most-trafficked corner of this fence is an ever-changing montage of posters, political graffiti, and enlarged newspaper articles that either support or oppose the memorial. This fence is a temporary structure in the landscape that marks long-standing contested social identities.
Large posters put up by the citizen group responsible for the memorial announce, “Here is the place!”¹ On one, a familiar historical photo depicts a bedraggled elderly man wearing
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Subject
ISBN
0816640106, 9780816640102
