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World Service,29 Jun 1999,28 mins

Holocaust Memorial planned for Berlin

Meridian

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The German parliament has approved the building of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin – architectural writer Charles Jencks discusses whether art can truly represent the millions of dead. Plus, the Festival of Oriental Dance (belly dancing) in Cairo; the restored remains of the emperor Nero's Domus Aurea or Golden House reopen in Rome; Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa's new wing of the Van Gogh Museum opens in Amsterdam.

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