After the war, Holocaust survivors were welcomed here - as they arrived by train - to start their new lives in Kansas City and beyond. “And the placement of the car in front of Union Station is especially significant in that countless soldiers departed by rail from here to fight for the liberation of Europe. “The freight car speaks directly to the horrifying and systemic plan of mass extermination of persecuted groups including Jews, Poles, Roma and Soviet POW’s,” George Guastello, Union Station president and CEO, said. Up to 100 people along with their belongings would be crammed into each car for what was often a several-day journey to a grim reality. During the war, cars like this were used to transport Jews, Roma and others to ghettos, killing centers and the German Nazi concentration camps across Europe, including Auschwitz. Before World War II, the car was used to transport food, goods and livestock. The freight car is one of 120,000 built between 19 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway). Not far away., presented by Bank of America.
Kansas City, MO – – An authentic German-made Model 2 railway freight car was delivered and installed today in front of Union Station as part of the touring exhibition, Auschwitz. German-Made WWII-era Railway Freight Car Installed at Union Station as part of Auschwitz.
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