Rail Car Exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum

Rail Car at the Illinois Holocaust Museum as part of the Zev and Shifra Karkomi Permanent Exhibition.

"It is impossible to see this car and not sense the terror and despair felt by the millions of men, women and children who were placed into such cars during the Holocaust. We believe this car will provide a platform for telling the story of the Holocaust in a way that goes beyond just words and pictures, making visitors understand on a deeper level the horror of the Holocaust, the essence of which is that people were completely stripped of their humanity, and eventually often lost their lives, once they entered these cars."
Richard S. Hirschhaut, Project and Executive Director of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center