Memorial for the Victims of National Socialist Euthanasia Killings, Holocaust memorial at Tiergartenstrasse 4, Berlin, Germany
The Memorial and Information Point for the Victims of National Socialist 'Euthanasia' Killings stands at Tiergartenstrasse 4 in Berlin-Mitte, north of the Philharmonie. Its centrepiece is a 30-metre-long light-blue glass wall set on a dark anthracite concrete surface tilted slightly towards the middle. A long lectern around the glass carries information texts, photographs, and audio and video stations.
The monument recalls Aktion T4, a program between 1940 and 1941 in which over 70,000 people with physical and mental disabilities were systematically killed. These murders were centrally planned and coordinated as part of the Nazi regime's racial ideology policy.
The site presents information boards and recordings that document the persecution of people with disabilities during the Nazi period. Visitors learn through these materials how this group was systematically targeted.
The site is accessible 24 hours a day and located near several public transportation options. For visitors with mobility limitations, there are accessible facilities and information in Braille.
The villa that housed the T4 office was badly damaged in Allied air raids in 1944 and demolished in the 1950s, so no building survives at the address. The memorial stands on the site of a former bus stop north of the Philharmonie, and the nearby steel sculpture Berlin Junction by Richard Serra was reassigned as a memorial in 1988.
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