This then prompted the contest in Berlin and construction commenced once the winning team was selected for which the government contributed 500,000 Euros.
(meta data) TITLE: Berlin begins building memorial to victims of Nazi ′euthanasia′ | News | DW | 08.07.2013 (meta data) AUTHOR: Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) (meta data) PUBLISHER: Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) (meta data) COPYRIGHT: © 2019 Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. More info Weitere Inhalte Choose from 30 Languages Albanian Shqip Amharic አማርኛ Arabic العربية Bengali বাংলা Bosnian B/H/S Bulgarian Български Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Hrvatski Dari دری English English French Français German Deutsch Greek Ελληνικά Hausa Hausa Hindi हिन्दी Indonesian Indonesia Kiswahili Kiswahili Macedonian Македонски Pashto پښتو Persian فارسی Polish Polski Portuguese Português para África Portuguese Português do Brasil Romanian Română Russian Русский Serbian Српски/Srpski Spanish Español Turkish Türkçe Ukrainian Українська Urdu اردو Wrong language? 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Hitler's Nazi regime killed more than 200,000 people who were either psychotherapy patients or physically disabled between January 1940 and August 1941. #### DW recommends ## Nazi looted art cases remain unsolved mysteries A prominent Oskar Kokoschka painting stolen by the Nazis is now to be returned to its rightful owners. While provenance research has improved, a set of complex legal issues make such cases difficult to resolve. (20.06.2013) The euthanasia program was run out of the same Tiergartenstrasse address and was even codenamed "T4." A commemorative plaque has adorned the site since 1986. The German minister for cultural state affairs, Bernd Neumann (pictured), attended the laying of the foundation stone on Monday, saying that the monument should set a sign "against hate, delusion and coldheartedness - and for tolerance, empathy and a respect for life." The vice president of the lower house of German parliament, Wolfgang Thierse; the government's special representative for the disabled, Hubert Hüppe; and Berlin's senator for integration, Dilek Kolat, also attended the ceremony. An artist's rendering of the monument The planned monument will be a long, blue glass wall - designed by the architechts Ursula Wilms and Heinz W. Hallman, along with the artist Nikolaus Koliusis. The federal government plans to contribute 500,000 euros ($643,200) to the project. The finished site is tentatively scheduled for inauguration in the second half of 2014. msh/mkg (dpa, epd, KNA) Related Subjects Holocaust, Berlin, World War II Berlin, euthanasia, Nazi, World War II, monument, Tiergartenstrasse 4, T4, Aktion T4, Bernd Neumann Feedback: Send us an e-mail. Please include your name and country in your reply. 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Memorial to the Victims of National Socialist 'Euthanasia' Killings
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This area has been reshaped to show the history of the location, while still allowing the city of Berlin to grow around it. 
 A contest was held by the state of Berlin to determine what the memorial what it physically would be and who would construct it. The winning design was crafted by architect Ursula Williams and landscape architects Nikolaus Koliusis and Heinz W. Hallmann. Their design incorporated at 24-meter wall made of blue glass set in concrete. The glass allows visitors to see through it as they sit on a concrete bench or peer through while gazing up from the information point. The memorial provides information about history of the killings, how it is relevant today, and portraits of 10 victims. It was created to educate and allow visitors to reflect on the past it represents. 
 The German lower house of parliament (German; Deutscher Bundestag) voted on the creation of the monument in November 2011 (c).