It certainly looks ugly from the picture.
I remember thinking the Viet Nam Memorial was ugly from the pictures. You have to see it in person to appreciate is somber beauty.
I love the WWII memorial in DC that opened last year (or year before). Absolutely beautiful and majestic. And remember the huge fight that erupted over that?
Good point--sometimes a picture or people's initial reactions don't tell the whole story. The Vietnam Memorial is a perfect example.
But I do think that a Holocaust Memorial should honor every victim--if there are to be separate memorials for every "class" of victim, there should be memorials for every ethnic and religious group who were targets, plus those with disabilities, those who spoke against Hitler, those who worked for the various resistance movements, etc. He didn't mind killing anyone.