German officials granted permission to build a parking garage in Berlin beneath a memorial where Nazis burned books. The decision to construct the parking lot for a nearby opera house came despite opposition from the Israeli who designed the memorial, which is a window that allows people to peek into a sealed room with empty bookcases.
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