Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Another sobering monument in Berlin is located at the Grunewald Train Station Track 17 which was one of the major sites for the deportation of Berlin's Jews. There are metal plaques marked with the destination and number of Jews on each weekly transport to the Final Solution.
See, that is the sort of thing that intrigues me far more than my fiftieth WWII museum showing me the exact same artifacts. I dunno the history of this display, but if I had to venture a guess, it was a way to remind thousands of commuters on a daily basis that while their morning trip may be mundane walking over that platform, the beginning of it also may have been the beginning of the last train ride for thousands of Jews? Those are the sort of memorials, at least IMO, that are far more potent than a stuffy museum 95% of people are at put of a feeling of obligation.