FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A World War II railway boxcar has made its way from Germany to a permanent display at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
A crane was used Monday to move the boxcar inside the Alvin & Henrietta Weisberg Gallery at the Holocaust Memorial Center.
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The boxcar at the Holocaust Memorial Center is thought to be one of the last ones left and the only one exported from Germany to the U.S. The center received the boxcar last September.
Nazis used boxcars to take millions of European Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were killed.
Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg, metro Detroit philanthropists, have made a donation that is paying for the completion of the display and for a permanent education endowment. According to the Holocaust Memorial Center, The DeRoy Testamentary Foundation and the Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation are providing additional support for the exhibit.
The display is expected to be opened to the public in mid to late November. The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus is located at 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.