Sculpture at Prague’s Bubny train station recalls victims of transports

A new sculpture has been unveiled at Prague’s Bubny train station in honour of the Jewish victims of Nazi transports forced to leave from there for concentration and death camps during WWII. Entitled Gate of No Return, the large work by sculptor Aleš Veselý consists of a section of track at a 45-degree angle as if leading to the skies. It is part of a Memorial of Silence being prepared at the Prague 7 station that organisers say is also intended to foster discussion on the legacy of the Holocaust.

Author: Ian Willoughby