Conversion of Prague rail station into Holocaust memorial to start in spring

Work on the conversion of Prague’s Bubny railway station, from which the Nazis transported thousands of Jews to concentration camps during WWII, into a discussion centre about the Holocaust should begin next spring, two years after its cornerstone was laid. The Memorial to Silence should then open in autumn 2018, the initiator of the project, documentary maker and director of Memorial Shoah Prague Pavel Štingl, said on Tuesday. The renovation of the disused station should cost and creation of a permanent exhibition and educational programme should cost CZK 125 million.

Author: Ian Willoughby