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Menashe Kadishman's numerous face-like steel sculptures cover one of the Void's ground.

Shalekhet – Fallen Leaves

An Installation by Menashe Kadishman

Please note: Menashe Kadishman’s art installation is not accessible to visitors between 14 October and 27 November 2025.

The Memory Void, one of the symbolic spaces on the ground level of the Libeskind building, includes the installation Shalekhet (Fallen Leaves) by Menashe Kadishman. More than 10,000 faces with open mouths, cut from heavy round iron plates, cover the floor of the ground floor void.

The installation is a gift from Dieter and Si Rosenkranz. Menashe Kadishman’s sculptures stir painful memories of the victims of war.

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Libeskind building is marked in green

Where

Libeskind Building, ground level, Memory Void
Lindenstr. 9–14, 10969 Berlin

(5 items)
  • Blick in den Memory Void, im Vordergrund Gesichter (in schwarz-weiß)

    The installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman, captured by one of our visitors, 2012; Manuel Liniger

  • Meer von Gesichtern aus Eisenplatten mit aufgerissenen Mündern

    View of the faces covering the floor; installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Marion Roßner

  • Großaufnahme eines einzelnen Gesichts, umrahmt von weiteren, angeschnittenen Gesichter

    Detailed view of one of the faces of the Shalekhet installation by Menashe Kadishman, 2008; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Sönke Tollkühn

  • Blick auf die Installation, die den Boden des Memory Void vollständig bedeckt

    The Memory Void with the installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe

  • Blick von einer der oberen Etagen in den Memory Void und auf die Installation und einige Besucher*innen

    The installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman from above, 2005; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Sönke Tollkühn

Selected Works of Art: Art at the Jewish Museum Berlin (5)

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  • Art at the Jewish Museum Berlin

    The Jewish Museum Berlin houses a collection of works of art which we would like to introduce to you.

  • Close-up of faces cut into metal discs.

    Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman

    This installation can be found in the Memory Void which is located on the ground floor of the Libeskind Building.

  • Four people standing next to each other

    Mesubin (The Gathered)

    The video installation by Yael Reuveny brings the polyphony of contemporary Jewish together. On our website you can see four short films from the footage.

  • View of a black glass display case.

    Gallery of the Missing by Via Lewandowsky

    On display in the Eric F. Ross Gallery on the ground floor of the Libeskind Building

  • Sculpture of a library made of lead with inserted glass fragments

    Shevirat ha-Kelim (Breaking of the Vessels)

    Anselm Kiefer, 1990–2019, lead, iron, glass, copper wire, charcoal, Aquatec

  • Behind a glass wall lies a stack of oversized books.

    Rustling Papers

    Installation by Judith Raum in the entrance area of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy, with six audio works online

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