Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism

A round black reflecting pool in the Tiergarten just south of the Reichstag, memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe murdered under National Socialism. Designed by the Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan and inaugurated in 2012 after years of arguments over wording and location. In the center of the pool a granite stone rises daily and a fresh flower is placed on it; Santino Spinelli's poem Auschwitz is engraved on the rim. A violin composition by Romeo Franz plays softly in the background. Estimates put the number of Sinti and Roma killed during the Nazi years at up to 500,000. Today the site is among the quietest stations in the Tiergarten: visitors walk a narrow gravel path around the pool, with no signage or staging to break concentration.