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In pictures: Your most moving memorials

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Following our piece on how to design a memorial, here is a selection of readers' most moving experiences of monuments. The Pinkas Synagogue memorial in Prague was nominated by Hugh in London.

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"The Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France is a powerful and moving sight. It's for all Canadians killed in WWI and [has] 11,000 names with no known graves," says Michael Zettler, London, Canada.

Budapest 1956 uprising monument

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"The monument to the 1956 Budapest uprising is incredibly moving. The arrangement of pillars is initially scattered, then closer together, ultimately forming a wedge which ploughs up the pavement like a ship's bow through water," says Caroline from London.

Choeung Ek memorial

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"The memorial at Choeung Ek (the Killing Fields, Cambodia) is filled with human skulls of those killed," says Alan Bennett.

Hiroshima dome

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"The Peace Park in Hiroshima is incredibly moving. The sight of the A-Dome, with the background of modern-day Japan, stops everyone in their tracks," says Alex Keller, from Lichfield, Staffs.

The Russian memorial in East Berlin

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"The best memorial I've seen is the Russian Cemetery in East Berlin. A giant Russian soldier with head bowed. The significance and the human cost of freeing Europe from fascism," says KC from Geneva.

The Queen at the Neue Wache memorial

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The Neue Wache memorial to the victims of war and tyranny [is] a statue of a woman cradling a dead man, maybe mother and son, in the otherwise empty guardhouse in Berlin," says SW from Leicester.

Murrah building memorial in Oklahoma

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"On a trip to Oklahoma City I visited the site of the 1995 bombing. The memorial is a reflective pool between two gates, and the bronze and stone empty chairs," says John Watson of Haderslev, Denmark.

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"The Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Center is moving - not just because of its simplicity or elegance, but the large expanse of empty granite ready for more names," says Paul from South Glos.

National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas

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"The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is better than most lumps of stone or metal used to honour the dead. The beauty of it is that it's a living 'monument' to the sacrifices made by those in the armed forces," says Lorna from Coventry.

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