Outside Friedrichstrasse station in Berlin, where I live, stands a bronze sculpture known as the Trains to Life – Trains to Death memorial. Unveiled in 2008, it depicts the fate of seven Jewish children living under the Nazi dictatorship. Five face east, where they were to die in concentration camps. Two face west, where they were part of the Kindertransport operation that rescued thousands of Jewish children and sent them to Britain.
Look on my works ...and despair
Tony Barber discusses how differing societies cope with controversial statues
The World Today
Published 1 August 2020
Updated 27 September 2020 — 3 minute READ
Image — A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is smothered in red paint by protesters.
