But Mr Diepgen said all he could see in this design was "monumentality", and virtually no reference to the Holocaust."It could be a memorial for a lot of things," he said. Those walking through the narrow passages, to be erected on the site of Hitler's devastated chancellery, are supposed to feel overwhelmed and disorientated. After vetoing the giant tombstone that had won the first artistic competition, Mr Kohl is backing an equally vast labyrinth of 4,000 concrete pillars devised by two Americans, Richard Serra and Peter Eisenman. In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine, Mr Diepgen complained that not one of the four shortlisted designs had convinced him that it was "possible to deal with this horror artistically".
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The mayor, who heads a Christian Democrat-led coalition in the city in partnership with the Social Democrats, was scathing about the version closest to the heart of the Chancellor, Helmut Kohl. Increasing medical supplies is a response to specific criticisms around the time of the Pope's visit.Together, however, the measures send a signal that the US may no longer be moving towards abandoning its ultra-hardline policy of isolating Cuba. Only weeks away from the decision, Berlin's mayor, Eberhard Diepgen, yesterday threw his weight behind those urging a pause for thought. GERMAN efforts to find a fitting display of atonement for the Holocaust are in danger of degenerating into a farce.Not for the first time, the designs of the monument to be erected in Berlin in memory of the victims of the Final Solution have united politicians and the chattering classes in opposition. Officials said they were the result of "broad-ranging consultations" designed to explore ways of helping "the Cuban people without re- energising the Cuban government". The policy change also offers hope to the Europeans and Canadians that Washington might not apply the Helms- Burton legislation that would punish representatives of third countries and foreign companies that do business in Cuba.The Helms-Burton law is said not to be affected - it would be politically difficult for the administration to reverse by fiat a law passed by Congress - but the general easing of policy suggests that the administration could well extend its decision not to enforce the law for the time being.. "This is not a reciprocal step," he said, "or based on the expectation that Castro will change."As well as allowing direct flights to resume, the US will ease restrictions on the sale of medicines to humanitarian organisations working in Cuba and allow Cuban exiles in the US to remit money to relatives on the island, up to an annual sum of $1,200 (pounds 900).The changes on flights and remittances reverse sanctions put in place by Washington two years ago after Cuba shot down two planes flown as a protest by anti-Castro exiles. "The decision is based on the conclusion that Pope John Paul II's visit created space for people to act in contravention to Castro," a senior US official said. He stressed that this was a unilateral move by Washington, and not any reward or inducement for Cuba. The policy shift, which follows the Pope's visit to Cuba in January, is expected to be announced by President Bill Clinton today, shortly before he sets off on a 12-day tour of Africa. The decision reportedly proceeded from the leeway that was granted to opponents of Fidel Castro's communist regime during and since the Pope's visit.
The independents represent diversity."Barnes & Noble, which opened 65 new shops last year, said in a statement that they followed "accepted industry practices" but would not comment further.. THE UNITED STATES is about to announce a significant relaxation of policy towards Cuba, to include the resumption of direct flights between the two countries The economic embargo, however, will remain in place. But a 17-year investigation of publishers by the US Federal Trade Commission ended in 1996 without determining whether fair competition provisions were being breached.Avin Domnitz, executive director of the ABA, said: "We have to ask whether America is to be a cultural free market place of ideas, or concentrated in the hands of very few. The American Booksellers' Association, which represents 3,500 small shops and 26 independent bookstores, have instituted joint proceedings in California, under both state and federal law. The ABA says it has evidence to show the big chains used their sales clout to extract favourable terms from publishers, including heavy discounts and sales priority.
