Vägen is a Förintelsemonument located at Nybroplan in Stockholm. It was designed by architect Gabriel Herdevall, who also created the older Förintelsemonument, and architect Aleksander Wolodarski, a city planner for Stockholm. The memorial was inaugurated in 2006.
The memorial consists of a stretch of laid railway rail and paving stones from the Budapest ghetto, along with a granite sphere. The sphere features text in 24 different languages stating: "Vägen var rak när judar fördes bort att dödas. Vägen var krokig, farlig och kantad av hinder när judar försökte undfly mördarna". The text on the sphere was developed together with Per Ahlmark.
The stretch of paving stones and rail runs from the monument towards Raoul Wallenberg on Raoul Wallenbergs torg, directly towards the older Förintelsemonument. It cuts through one corner of Berzeli Park, and the round granite block is placed in the opening to Berzeli Park in the middle of the stretch.
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Written by Nik Frost
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