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The massive rail car was put on display alongside Union Station’s South Plaza parking lot. The holocaust is not ancient history but living memory, warning us to be vigilant, haunting us with the admonition ‘Never Again.’ It is a powerful reminder of why we need to remember the tragic past and that freedom and human rights are our collective and sacred responsibility to protect.”

After the war, Holocaust survivors were welcomed here - as they arrived by train - to start their new lives in Kansas City and beyond. “And the placement of the car in front of Union Station is especially significant in that countless soldiers departed by rail from here to fight for the liberation of Europe. “The freight car speaks directly to the horrifying and systemic plan of mass extermination of persecuted groups including Jews, Poles, Roma and Soviet POW’s,” George Guastello, Union Station president and CEO, said. Up to 100 people along with their belongings would be crammed into each car for what was often a several-day journey to a grim reality. During the war, cars like this were used to transport Jews, Roma and others to ghettos, killing centers and the German Nazi concentration camps across Europe, including Auschwitz. Before World War II, the car was used to transport food, goods and livestock. The freight car is one of 120,000 built between 19 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway). Not far away., presented by Bank of America. Kansas City, MO – – An authentic German-made Model 2 railway freight car was delivered and installed today in front of Union Station as part of the touring exhibition, Auschwitz.

Security fencing and lighting meeting U.S.German-Made WWII-era Railway Freight Car Installed at Union Station as part of Auschwitz.

A computer link between the main gate and container-handling equipment in the rail yard, with information relayed to Union Pacific Railroad's computerized cargo-tracking system.

The main gate is open 24/7 and can process an average of 1,800 transactions daily.

A main gate with 16 entrance/exit lanes for container-carrying trucks (the middle eight lanes are reversible in direction to facilitate varying truck arrival or departure volumes).

6 rubber-tire gantry overhead cranes and a sidepick loader for lifting cargo containers.

An adjacent storage yard that can handle up to 100 double-stack rail cars.

Loading tracks in six lengths, varying from 3,800 feet (1,158 meters) to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters), that can accommodate a total of 95 double-stack rail cars.

Sufficient land for a 250-acre (101-hectare) rail yard operation, with on-site storage for more than 3,000 containers.High train volume to multiple destinations daily in both the United States and Mexico.Close proximity to all the container terminals of both ports.