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Berlin · Track 17 Memorial

Eleven photographs at the Track 17 Memorial and Grunewald station in Berlin. The sequence records the passageway, inscribed platform edges, railway tracks and small tributes left in remembrance.

Track 17 commemorates Jewish people deported by Deutsche Reichsbahn during the Nazi era. The platform inscriptions record deportation dates, numbers of people and destinations.

Context: Deutsche Bahn — the Track 17 memorial ↗

Track 17 Memorial and Grunewald station, Berlin, Germany

A long vaulted passage lined with yellow-brown bricks leads towards a distant opening, beneath a narrow ceiling light.The brick passagePOSTCARD 0372OPEN ↗A metal plaque headed Gleis 17 is fixed to a brick wall, commemorating people deported by Deutsche Reichsbahn trains between 1941 and 1945.The Track 17 dedicationPOSTCARD 0373OPEN ↗A long platform surface stretches into the distance between dense green trees, with gravel on one side and a metal walkway on the other.Along the memorial platformPOSTCARD 0374OPEN ↗A portrait view along a metal-grating walkway beneath green trees, with wet-looking surfaces catching the light.The walkway beneath the treesPOSTCARD 0375OPEN ↗An inscribed metal platform edge lies beside railway sleepers and gravel, with small flowers resting near the lettering.Inscriptions beside the railsPOSTCARD 0376OPEN ↗A small pile of dark stones and several flowers rest on a low ledge beside a railway track, against a softly blurred background.Stones and flowersPOSTCARD 0377OPEN ↗A memorial candle stands beside stacked stones and flowers on a ledge, with a pale flower in the foreground.A candle among the tributesPOSTCARD 0378OPEN ↗A railway track runs between raised platform edges towards green trees beneath dark clouds, seen in a portrait composition.Rails beneath a heavy skyPOSTCARD 0379OPEN ↗A close-up fills the frame with angular railway ballast stones in grey and brown tones.The railway ballastPOSTCARD 0380OPEN ↗Parallel railway tracks and overhead wires extend beside a covered station platform, with trees and buildings across the rails.Tracks at Grunewald stationPOSTCARD 0381OPEN ↗A blue Berlin-Grunewald station sign hangs beneath a wooden platform roof, with tracks and another platform beyond.Berlin-GrunewaldPOSTCARD 0382OPEN ↗