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Historical background

Where are we. The Shoah Memorial is located below the railway tracks of the Central Station of Milan, in a space originally used for commercial operations - loading and unloading of...

Foyer and Wall of Indifference

Indifference. The wall with the inscription of Indifference dominates the empty hall. The word indifference is a conscious choice of the architects in agreement with one of the survivors, Liliana Segre,...

The Observatory and the Rooms of Testimony

The Observatory. The installation that welcomes us after the ramp is the cone-shaped Observatory. It takes us from the light, from this day to the past, to the platform. With the...

The Deportation Platform and livestock cars

The railcars present at the Memorial are original railcars of the same period and of the same model as those used for deportations. They are leaded wooden railcars, which can only...

Railcar handling and Special Train Markers

The Milan Central Station was equipped with technological innovations, such as a moving table and the railcar lift. Once loaded, the railcars were placed on the moving table one at a...

The wall of names and Place of Reflection

Wall of names. Walking along the second platform, we see a projection of 774 names. These are the names of the deportees who left with the first two convoys, that of...

The area for developing historical memory

The spaces of the Library, inaugurated in June 2022, is where the past meets the future. It houses the archives and books of the CDEC Foundation with the intention of enhancing...