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German trains brought Jews to their death at Bergen-Belsen. They can’t be allowed to disturb the site.

JL;DR SUMMARY Deutsche Bahn's proposal to establish a new high-speed train route close to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp loading ramp is drawing significant opposition due to its potential to disrupt Holocaust memorial integrity. 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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Anne FrankConcentration CampsNazi GermanyHolocaust EducationHolocaust MemoryBergen BelsenDeutsche BahnDeutsche ReichsbahnTransportation RoutesMemorial Preservation

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Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
"The officials have proposed a preferred route for a new high-speed rail line between Hamburg and Hanover that would run less than a quarter of a mile from the loading ramp where trains of Deutsche Bahns inglorious predecessor during the Nazi era, the Deutsche Reichsbahn, deposited prisoners destined for the nearby concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen."
Lower Saxony, Germany
"Gryglewski warned that historical structures at Bergen-Belsen could be damaged or destroyed during construction and that noise pollution and changes to the space could violate the dignity of the site and disrupt educational work."
Hamburg, Germany
"The officials have proposed a preferred route for a new high-speed rail line between Hamburg and Hanover that would run less than a quarter of a mile from the loading ramp where trains of Deutsche Bahns inglorious predecessor during the Nazi era, the Deutsche Reichsbahn, deposited prisoners destined for the nearby concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen."
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
"The officials have proposed a preferred route for a new high-speed rail line between Hamburg and Hanover that would run less than a quarter of a mile from the loading ramp where trains of Deutsche Bahns inglorious predecessor during the Nazi era, the Deutsche Reichsbahn, deposited prisoners destined for the nearby concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen."

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