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By Luke Harding
BERLIN, DEC. 16. The last slab of Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was lowered into place yesterday, marking the end of nearly 20 years of wrangling in Germany over how to commemorate Europe's murdered Jews. A yellow crane lowered the pillar into place, officially marking the end of major construction work. The pillar was the last of 2,701 undulating concrete slabs to be erected on the vast site, next to Berlin's most famous monument, the Brandenburg Gate, and close to where Hitler's bunker once stood. The idea for a monument to the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis in Europe originated in 1988, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the decision to make Berlin Germany's new capital. But the project became mired in controversy after Germany's former Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, rejected the original design. It was only in 1999 that Germany's Parliament finally gave the go-ahead. Work started in April 2003. The U.S. architect, Peter Eisenman, said he had often doubted whether his design would ever get built. ``It is an amazing day,'' he said. ``There were many moments when I thought we would not achieve this ...'' © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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