New book box at the Holocaust memorial: inauguration on February 23, 2024

New book box at the Holocaust memorial: inauguration on February 23, 2024

The Grunewald train station will inaugurate a new book box near the Holocaust memorial on February 23, 2024 at 12 p.m. This is an important development after the previous book box was the victim of arson in the summer of 2023, which was considered a severe anti -Semitic assassination. The state protection of the Berlin State Criminal Police Office has determined a suspect that is held responsible for the destruction of the book box. Most of the burned books acted on the persecution, deportation and murder of Berlin Jews during the Nazi era.

The special meaning of the book box is near the memorial "Gleis 17", which is reminiscent of the place, on which thousands of Berlin Jews were deported in concentration and extermination camps. The inauguration of the new book box is a sign of resistance to anti -Semitism and the will to keep the memory of the atrocities of the past.

The district mayor Kirstin Bauch will take part in the opening, which underlines the importance of the event for the local community. The book box will make an important contribution to education and education by making books on the history of the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jewish population.

It is important to emphasize how historically loaded the place of the Grunewald train station is. During the Second World War, many Jews were deported from here, and the memorial "Gleis 17" serves as a painful memory of this dark past.

The following table shows the number of books available in the new book box:

| Genre | Number of books |
| —————- | —————- |
| Holocaust | 50 |
| Jewish history | 30 |
| Anti -Semitism | 20 |
| Biographies | 15 |

The inauguration of the book box is an important step to ensure that the memory of the atrocities of the Holocaust does not fade and that education and education are still the focus.

Source: www.berlin.de