BERLIN – First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, amid tight security.
![First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha (right) and Malia visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, on June 19, 2013. - Photo Bernd Von Jutrczenka-EPA](https://new.israelandstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/First-lady-Michelle-Obama-and-her-daughters-Sasha-right-and-Malia-visit-the-Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-in-Berlin-Germany-on-June-19-2013.-Photo-Bernd-Von-Jutrczenka-EPA.png)
First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha (right) and Malia visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, on June 19, 2013. – Photo Bernd Von Jutrczenka-EPA
According to Uwe Neumaerker, director of the memorial, Michelle Obama and her daughters spent about half-an-hour Wednesday morning visiting the sea of 2711 steles that make up the memorial, which was designed by American-Jewish architect Peter Eisenman and opened to the public in May 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.