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Posted: 23 Jun 2015


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Züge in das Leben - Züge in den Tod / Trains to Life - Trains to Death

Züge in das Leben - Züge in den Tod   /  Trains to Life - Trains to Death
Die Plastik Züge ins Leben – Züge in den Tod: 1938–1939 von Frank Meisler befindet sich in der Georgenstraße in Berlin am Bahnhof Friedrichstraße. Die Plastik erinnert an jene deutschen Kinder, die nach nationalsozialistischer Definition Juden waren und deshalb nach 1933 ebenso verfolgt wurden wie ihre Eltern. Die Plastik ist sowohl ein Denkmal an die 1938 und 1939 nach England gehenden Kindertransporte als auch an die mit Zügen der Deutschen Reichsbahn in Konzentrationslager deportierten Kinder. Sie zeigt deshalb zwei Gruppen von Kindern und Jugendlichen, die auf einen Zug warten. Der Zug und das Warten auf die Abfahrt wird durch eine Schiene unterhalb des Bahnsteigs symbolisiert, auf dem sie mit dem Rücken zueinander stehen.
Das Denkmal wurde am 30. November 2008 vor dem Bahnhof Berlin Friedrichstraße eingeweiht. Bei der Einweihung waren neben dem Bildhauer Meisler, der als Kind die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus nur dank dieser Rettungsaktion überlebte, über 50 weitere Zeitzeugen aus Deutschland, Großbritannien, Israel, Österreich, der Schweiz und den USA anwesend. Nach de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCge_ins_Leben_%E2%80%93_Z%C3%BCge_in_den_Tod:_1938%E2%80%931939

An almost life-size sculpture of children depicted in bronze stands directly adjacent to the Friedrichstraße station at the intersection of Georgenstraße and Friedrichstraße. Seven boys and girls represent the Jewish children of the 1930s. The arrangement of the group reflects the contrasting fate of the children in the Nazi era.
Five figures in grey bronze look to one side, symbolising the suffering of those deported to concentration camps to meet an early demise. Two lighter bronze figures, however, gaze in the other direction. They represent those Jewish children whose lives were saved by the Kindertransport to England. More: www.visitberlin.de/en/spot/trains-to-life-trains-to-death
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 beverley
beverley
a very moving set of statues ... I would not be able to walk past them without
looking each and every time I was there .... !
9 years ago.
cammino club has replied to beverley
Hello Bev,
it´s really very touching when you are passing this monument, especially for us past-war generation. I was very ashamed.
9 years ago.
beverley has replied to cammino club
cammino ... "you" must be ashamed ... because you are a decent person as we say
and have emotions, yes you feel this way ... but it was not you ... and sadly you cannot
change the past events of history ... all our generation can ever hope to do is ensure
to the best of our ability ... that it does not happen again ... sadly we hear of atrocities
every day now ... our hearts go out to those who suffer the effects of other's actions,
but ... you must not be ashamed ... sincerely ... ! and thank you for being brave
enough to post the picture and express your feelings for I once posted a picture of
remembrance on Flickr having visited Hawaii ... (Peal Harbour) .... only one person
would came and commented ... ! is it guilt, embarrassment ...? I do not know ... but
I posted an abstract of the water which still to this day has oil seeping from the
sunken ship ... it was my silent tribute to those who perished. I salute you for
your picture and for expressing your feelings . . . you have my respect !
9 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Thank you Bev for your sensitive comment. Germany was the land of poets, thinkers and scientists. And then these terrible crimes. But I am sure that we have learned our lesson definitively and that we Germans want to help to build a just and peaceful world.
Greetings, cammino
9 years ago.
beverley has replied to cammino club
you are most welcome ... and I sincerely mean every word ... it is now
becoming very difficult to change the attitudes of the current problems we
are now faced with ... we can only hope for a more peaceful world ...
best wishes ... Bev
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
and as we stand and look we think
of those times and it makes our heart sink
but we cannot turn back the tide of events
only hope that our future represents
for more peace and tolerance we must call . . .
each of us is one ... but we must be for all
9 years ago.
cammino club has replied to beverley
Bev, you are so right! Let´s look foreward and work for a better world.
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
ADMIRED in ART 4U and also POEMS 4U
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
A remarkable sculpture. Well captured.
9 years ago.

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