Photos: The Deportation Memorial at Grunewald Train Station

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	This deportation memorial was erected fifty years after the beginning of deportations of Berlin's Jewish population to concentration camps. The Polish artist Karol Broniatowski created this concrete block embedded with human silhouettes representative of the passage taken to the rail tracks for deportation in 1991.
	In memory of the more than 50,000 Jews of Berlin who between October 1941 and February 1943 were deported by the national Socialist state mainly from the Grunewald train station to extermination camps.
	Silhouettes in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouette in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Silhouettes in memory of Jews deported from the Grunewald Station.
	Plan of the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Standort ("you are here") is the location of this sign and the concrete sculpture. Gleis 17 is the location of the track 17 memorial.
	Interior of the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Stairs to track 17, the deportation point, at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Sign for track 17 at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	A second memorial "Track 17" was installed at the deportation ramp at the Grunewald train station. The names of concentration camp destinations are listed on the tracks along with dates and numbers of passengers. The memorial is reached by stairs up from the station.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 1252 Jews from Berlin to Lodz, October 18, 1941.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 100 Jews from Berlin to Theresienstadt, August 5, 1942.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of Jews from Berlin to Theresienstadt.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 38 Jews from Berlin to Auschwitz, August 10, 1944.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 100 Jews from Berlin to Theresienstadt, August 24, 1942.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 963 Jews from Berlin to Riga, October 19, 1942.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of Jews from Berlin to Warsaw includes a written and flower remembrance left by a visitor to the memorial.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Transport of 18 Jews from Berlin to Theresienstadt, March 27, 1945.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.
	Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Zum Gedenken an Zehntausende jüdischer Bürger Berlins, die ab Oktober 1941 bis Februar 1945 von hier as durch die Nazi-Henker in die Todeslager deportiert und ermordet wurden.
	End of the Track 17 Memorial at the Grunewald Train Station, Berlin.

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