Dear friends and supporters,
Last weekend, we opened the first theme island in the roundhouse Europe under the auspices
of the European Parliament in the historic G-wagon type “Bremen”.
The German-British rabbi and historian Dr. Walter Rothschild from Berlin led through the
exhibition “In the freight wagon to their deaths.” There were touching encounters and moments.
The BahnPark sincerely thanks the attached pictures for all those who have contributed
in advance with a lot of effort in building the exhibition and the success of the event.
Below even the links for reporting on Bavarian television and on the radio:
https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/ausstellung-im-augsburger-bahnpark-per-gueterzug-in-die-vernichtung-av:5d1e2db15688990013a3d09d
https://www.br.de/import/audiovideo/bahnpark-augsburg-per-gueterzug-in
Thanks David!
I’m impressed the museum is keeping the car in a state of preservation, and not restoration. Restored to “as new” condition it wouldn’t have the same impact.
We have the Virginia Holocaust Museum here in Richmond, and one of those cars is displayed as well. First, the sight of it makes you shudder a bit, and then you’re shocked by how small it is compared to an American boxcar. Just the idea of how so many people were packed into those things…
I don’t have the words.
Data and railway network
Hitler’s plan for a “Final Solution” relied on careful mobilization and scheduling to efficiently shuttle millions of victims, often whole Jewish communities, across the European railway network in train carriages to the death camps, where victims were rapidly murdered (1–4, 10, 14). The complex logistics of this effort were solved through the involvement of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway). The Reichsbahn employed almost half a million civil servants and 900,000 workers, who were made available for the job (1), and knowingly participated in th