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Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common

JL;DR SUMMARY Boston's emerging Holocaust Museum, the first in New England, achieved a significant milestone with the installation of a historic 12-ton railcar on its fourth floor. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaust EducationHolocaust RemembranceTreblinkaHolocaust Museum BostonRailcar InstallationHolocaust Legacy FoundationSonia BreslowFreedom TrailBoston Common

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Traffic on Tremont Street in downtown Boston came to a standstill Tuesday morning as a crane lifted a historic 12-ton railcar onto the fourth floor of the citys upcoming Holocaust museum."
Massachusetts, United States
"A group of supporters, Massachusetts officials, civic leaders, Jewish community representatives and Boston-area partners looked on as the railcar was installed, according to the museum."
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
"The railcar was donated to the museum by Sonia Breslow, a Phoenix resident whose father was deported to the Treblinka concentration camp on a railcar of the same kind."
North Macedonia
"The railcar was first discovered in a Macedonian junkyard in 2012, according to the museum, and later transported to Massachusetts, where conservator Josh Craine of Daedalus Art Conservation spent the past six months restoring it for exhibition."

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