Trains and the Holocaust from a symbol of progress to a genocidal tool

CONFERENCE: During the Second World War, 25,490 Jews and 353 Roma were deported from the Dossin Barracks in Mechelen, the vast majority to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The tracks next to the barracks have long since disappeared. On the square in front of the current museum stands a goods wagon, a reminder of...

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出版年:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/temoigner,
第一著者: Crahay, Frédéric
フォーマット: Article ou chapitre numérique
言語:Anglais
出版事項: Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire 2023
オンライン・アクセス:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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要約:CONFERENCE: During the Second World War, 25,490 Jews and 353 Roma were deported from the Dossin Barracks in Mechelen, the vast majority to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The tracks next to the barracks have long since disappeared. On the square in front of the current museum stands a goods wagon, a reminder of the last transports from Mechelen. Europalia organized the conference Trains and the Holocaust. From a symbol of progress to a genocidal tool at this place of memorial, in collaboration with the Auschwitz Foundation and Kazerne Dossin on April 26th, 2022.