Trains to Life – Trains to Death
Sculpture in Berlin, Germany
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Trains to Life – Trains to Death (German: Züge in das Leben – Züge in den Tod) is a 2.25 meter outdoor bronze sculpture by architect and sculptor Frank Meisler, installed outside the Friedrichstraße station at the intersection of Georgenstraße and Friedrichstraße, in Berlin, Germany.[1] It is the second in a series of so far five installations also on display near train stations in London, Hamburg, Gdańsk and Hook of Holland.[citation needed]
| Trains to Life – Trains to Death | |
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| Züge in das Leben – Züge in den Tod (German) | |
The sculpture in 2009. In the foreground are the five children, and in the background are the two children (see article text). | |
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| Artist | Frank Meisler |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 225 cm (89 in) |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| 52°31′11″N 13°23′16″E | |
Description
The sculpture depicts two groups of children. One group is a pair of children symbolizing those saved by the Kindertransport, which brought 10,000 Jewish children from soon-to-be Nazi-occupied countries in Eastern Europe to safety in the United Kingdom and other countries.[2] The other group consists of five children, who represent the 1,600,000 Jewish and non-Jewish children brought by Holocaust trains to the concentration camps and later killed there. Meisler himself was among those saved by the Kindertransport.[3]
