Wansee WWII self-guided tour: Gleis 17 the Jewish memorial in Grünewald
The Deitsche Bahn decided to remember the deportation on the Jews during the Second World War by building a Memoria in Grünewald S-Bahn Station, where the Gleis 17 was. Without the help of the German Railway the deportation of thousands Jewels would not be possible, that’s why after Germany has been united again the Deutsche Bahn decided to erect a memorial to remember all the citizen that had been send to Auschwitz and similar camps.
Gleis 17 Memorial in Grünewald
The competions between the different projects was won by 3 young architects Hirsch, Lorch and Wandel working in Saarbrücken and Frankfurt am Main. The memorial is composed of 186 cast steel with the number of Jewels, and the town were they were from and the destination they reach. The memorial was inaugurated on 27 January 1998 and can be reached from Berlin Grunewald S-Bahn station, following the Gleis 17 pannels.
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