Cracks spread in Berlin Holocaust memorial

The Holocaust memorial in Berlin is showing signs of serious wear and tear just three years after its completion, with cracks in more than half of its concrete blocks, according to a study published on Monday.

Structural engineer Joachim Schulz conducted a survey of the field of blocks located in Berlin’s central Mitte district at the end of last year for Germany’s Cicero magazine.

Almost fourteen hundred of the 2,711 blocks that make up the site are beginning to crack, he said in an interview published in the monthly magazine’s latest edition.

“Sixty percent of the cracks are minor faults and not really visible but 40 percent are bigger than 0.2 millimeters and that’s worrying,” said Schulz.

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