There was a sobering museum in Nuremberg on the site of the old Kongresshalle (Congress Hall).
There were hundreds of small concentration camps around Germany and Czechoslovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Austria and many others. This was a small section of the map showing about 30 of the larger camps.
There were dozens of photographs of the camps and of Nazi party leaders. But, this simple exhibit caused me to pause.
It consisted of two neon light tubes lying across black boxes. They are designed to look like railroad tracks.
Between the ties are cards with names on them. Names of those who traveled by rail to a camp...and ultimately, to their deaths.
I sat longer here than at any of the other exhibits.
There were hundreds of small concentration camps around Germany and Czechoslovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Austria and many others. This was a small section of the map showing about 30 of the larger camps.
There were dozens of photographs of the camps and of Nazi party leaders. But, this simple exhibit caused me to pause.
It consisted of two neon light tubes lying across black boxes. They are designed to look like railroad tracks.
Between the ties are cards with names on them. Names of those who traveled by rail to a camp...and ultimately, to their deaths.
I sat longer here than at any of the other exhibits.
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