Bona Ventura

Mitte (Unter den Linden) · Berlin

Book Burning Memorial, Bebelplatz

Denkmal zur Bücherverbrennung (Bibliothek)

Monument

A glass plate in the paving of Bebelplatz looks down into Micha Ullman's sunken library (1995): empty shelves with room for the 20,000 books the Nazis burned here on 10 May 1933.

Address
Bebelplatz, 10117 Berlin
Hours
Open 24 hours (lit at night)
Best time to go
Evening · About 15 min
Price
Free
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Come after dark, when the empty library glows under the square.
  • St. Hedwig's Cathedral and the Staatsoper face the square.

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