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This article discusses commemorative efforts related to the Jewish Holocaust, focusing on the ways in which the construction of specific monuments has sought to influence historical memory regarding these atrocities. The author utilizes the term "embarrassed space" to help describe such a process of memorialization. The specific structures discussed are the Jewish Museum of architect Daniel Libeskind in Berlin, Germany, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe of architect Peter Eisenman in Berlin, and a home in Hampstead Heath in London, England operated by the British National Trust.