Photos: Die Spiegelwand

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	The Die Spiegelwand ("Mirrored Wall") was erected in 1995 after much controversy. It is a memorial to the expulsion of Jews from Berlin-Steglitz and for the former Synagogue "Haus Wofenstein" on Düppelstraße. The names of the Jewish community in Stegliz are engraved into the mirrored wall as well as their history and pictures.
	Front view of die Spiegelwand.
	The text on die Spiegelwand relates the history of the Jewish community in the Steglitz section of Berlin.
	Quote from Robert Kempner on die Spiegelwand.
	Photograph of two Jewish children at Chanukka on die Spiegelwand.
	Detail of photograph of two Jewish children at Chanukka on die Spiegelwand.
	The names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz are arranged by transport.
	Entrance to the former Synagogue "Haus Wofenstein" on Düppelstraße.
	The memorial sculpture mirrors the surrounding plaza.
	The names, birthdates, and addresses of those deported are engraved onto the mirrored sides of die Spiegelwand.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	Viewers see their own reflection behind the names on the "Mirrored Wall" memorial.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	More names of members of the Jewish community of Steglitz.
	The reverse of die Spiegelwand is also mirrored.
	Side view of die Spiegelwand.
	Photograph of the Neue Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße in Berlin.
	Photograph of the Neue Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße after it was damaged.
	The monument asks: und heute? (and today?)

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