Another design, from Daniel Liebeskind, features a 141-metre (154-yard) long broken wall which directs the eyes of visitors towards the Tiergarten park and a monument to Goethe, so inviting them to reflect on the highs and lows of German history.

ECONOMIST: Remembrance and repentance

Having sat just over a metre away from him for the last four days in court, I can tell you he is a broken man.

BBC: Oscar Pistorius: Variations on a theme of grief