A few years ago I visited Berlin and, taking a walk, I came by a somewhat delapidated building when a rather inconspicuous plaque caught my eye. Somewhat cryptically, it referred to "young people" who had been murdered in a "criminal bombing attack" back in 1986.
Intrigued, I tried to find out more.
As it turns out, this was the site of a night club by the name of "La Belle". On the orders of Lybian dictator Muammar Al Khadhafi a bomb had been placed there, killing three visitors and injuring some 250 others.
In my view the memorial seemed not to do justice to the victims of this horrific attack. A mark for those "in the know" who would come specifically to look for it, but in no way reminding the public or educating passersby such as myself.
So I decided to contribute to the memory of these young people and I added the memorial to Google maps, along with a couple of photos and a short description.
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