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      Göttingen

      A play combining remembrance, responsibility and culture is coming into being at the former freight station in Göttingen. Today, hardly anything at the site reminds us of the crimes that took place.

      Ein Bahnhof ohne Erinnerung [A railway station with no remembrance] Göttingen

      Cottbus

      Cottbus central station is the biggest passenger station in Brandenburg and, during the Nazi era, was the point of departure for deportations with the involvement of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

      Cottbus: Ein Bahnhof der Erinnerung [Cottbus: a railway station of remembrance] Cottbus

      Meiningen

      Forced labor isn’t an issue in Meiningen. We want to draw attention to this blind spot in the history of our town because there were indeed forced laborers in Meiningen and the surrounding villages.

      Spurensuche [Searching traces] Meiningen

      Birkenwerder

      Along Brandenburg northern railway (Nordbahn), elementary school children aged between 10 and 12 are researching local histories from the Nazi era at four railway stations in the Oberhavel district.

      Von Birkenwerder nach Fürstenberg [From Birkenwerder to Fürstenberg] Birkenwerder

      Königstein

      The project Verborgene Stationen – Zwangsarbeit in der Sächsischen Schweiz [Hidden Stations – Forced Labor in Saxon Switzerland] project is dedicated to National Socialist history in the region.

      Verborgene Stationen [Hidden Stations] Königstein
      [Translate to Englisch:] Bahnhof Meppen

      Meppen

      We are researching the role of Meppen railway station in the Nazi era: also a deportation point for Jews, Sinti and Roma, an arrival point for forced laborers, inmates and prisoners of war...

      Spuren der Nachbarn sichtbar machen [Uncovering Traces of our Neighbors] Meppen

      Weiden

      The cross-media project Letzter Halt: Flossenbürg [Last stop: Flossenbürg] is dedicated to the history of the now closed railway between Weiden and Flossenbürg in the Upper Palatinate region.

      Letzter Halt: Flossenbürg [Last stop: Flossenbürg] Weiden

      Cologne

      Deutz-Tief – Gleis ins Vergessen [Deutz Tief – Platform to Oblivion!] is a project that portrays the largely unknown history of the persecution and deportation of marginalized groups at Deutz Station.

      Deutz-Tief – Gleis ins Vergessen [Deutz Tief – Platform to Oblivion!] Cologne

      Ober-Roden

      Rosels Weg [Rosel’s Path] tells the story of the disenfranchisement and murder of the Jewish population based on the example of the life of Rosel Hecht from Ober-Roden.

      Rosels Weg [Rosel’s Path] Ober-Roden

      Böhlen

      The audiovisual exhibition WAS WAR, WAS IST? Fragmente einer Absicht [WHAT WAS THEN, WHAT IS NOW? Fragments of Intent] commemorates the Nazi era.

      WAS WAR, WAS IST? [WHAT WAS THEN, WHAT IS NOW?] Böhlen

      Trebnitz

      Trebnitz railway station is the focus of this project. This was where large numbers of forced laborers from Europe, mainly from Poland, arrived on their way to numerous farms and workplaces.

      Zwischenhalt Zwangsarbeit [Stopover: Forced Labor] Trebnitz

      Berlin

      In the project Wohin führen diese Gleise? [Where do these tracks go?] project, young people are researching the presence of history in Gleisdreieck park.

      Wohin führen diese Gleise? [Where do these tracks go?] Berlin

      Neumünster

      The project series VON HIER AUS [Starting from Here] is dedicated to the life stories of people who were forced to come to Neumünster, had to stay here or were deported from here.

      VON HIER AUS [Starting from Here] Neumünster

      Dr. Andrea Despot

      Remembrance has an impact when it is rooted locally.
      Dr. Andrea Despot
      Chief Executive Officer - EVZ Foundation

      Remembering Nazi crimes at railroad stations in Germany

      MemoRails is a funding program jointly financed by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and the EVZ Foundation. It is aimed at civil initiatives in Germany that use creative and contemporary methods to commemorate the crimes of the Nazi regime and their consequences at railway stations across Germany.

      Remembering Nazi crimes at railroad stations in Germany

      The aim is to make railroad stations visible as places of Nazi persecution, to research stories of the persecuted and the perpetrators and to remember the victims with various commemorative and event formats, each tailored to the individual circumstances on site, in the immediate environment of the railroad station. The local population is to be involved in the remembrance work. 

      As highly frequented places of transit, railroad stations are suitable for giving people the opportunity to commemorate Nazi crimes and create public awareness of the stories “behind” the stations. The funding program provides a clear impetus for coming to terms with Nazi injustice and commemorating the victims on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.