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Kindertransport Memorial

Friedrichstrasse Railway Station | 14/17, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Ranked #185 of 335 attractions in Berlin
5.0 of 5 stars 1 Review
Owner description: The sculpture by Frank Meisler of 'Children on Train to Death and Children on Train to life' depicts, two sets of children. They share one platform...... more » Owner description: The sculpture by Frank Meisler of 'Children on Train to Death and Children on Train to life' depicts, two sets of children. They share one platform back to back. The fortunate few children proceeding to life, are the Jewish children known as the Kindertransport, who were fortunate to be accepted as refugees in England. The other grouping represents the hundreds of thousands of Jewsih Children transported to death. « less
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Zichron Yaakov
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2011

This poignant sculpture of 2 groupings of children back to back on one platform, depicts the lucky few who reached a safe haven in England, as members of the Kindertransport and those multitudes of other children herded onto trains to their death. Dedicated in 2009, it stands alongside the Berlin Friedrchstrasse Banhof. The sculptor Frank Meisle was himself a Kindertransport... More

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