7. Artikel der Menschenrechte

7. Artikel der Menschenrechte stands in Nuremberg between the old and new buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The setting links Kornmarktstraße with the medieval city wall. You see a monumental outdoor sculpture shaped by a gate, white concrete pillars and an oak. The northern gate mirrors a medieval city gate at the opposite end of the street.

Israeli artist Dani Karavan created the Way of Human Rights after winning a museum design competition in 1988. Thirty vertical elements structure the installation, including twenty-seven round pillars, two partly buried pillars and one columnar oak. Each concrete pillar rises eight metres, measures eighty centimetres across and stands five metres from its neighbour. German and another language appear on the pillars through texts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yiddish belongs among the languages represented, connecting the artwork with communities targeted during the Nazi era. Remains of a monastery, Sep Ruf buildings and a glass entrance from 1993 add further layers to the route.