Plan for Dutch Holocaust monument on hold

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Plans for a Holocaust monument in Amsterdam designed by architect Daniel Libeskind have been put on hold after angry neighbors told the city it is too large for the park where it was to have been built.

Edwin Oppedijk, a spokesman for the city’s central district, said Wednesday that after hearing the complaints, politicians will reconsider whether to place the monument in the Wertheim Park or find an alternative location.

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