US EditionHolocaust Museum Boston installs historic railcar on fourth-floor display
The railcar, conserved over six months and donated by an Arizona family, serves as a memorial and educational centerpiece for Holocaust survivors and their descendants.
- On Tuesday, the Holocaust Museum Boston lifted a restored 20th-century railcar weighing more than 12 tons and over 30 feet long into its fourth-floor gallery along the Freedom Trail.
- The railcar was discovered in a Macedonian junkyard, shipped to Arizona, donated by Arizona-native Sonia Breslow, and restored over six months by Josh Craine, prompting the building to be constructed around it.
- Jody Kipnis said `It took us so long to get to this moment, and I just didn't know what it would feel like, and once it was here, it was pretty emotional`, as the museum designed the railcar in a protruding bay window so passersby see visitors enter but not exit.
- Construction will continue around the railcar as the Holocaust Museum Boston moves toward its late 2026 opening, operated by the Holocaust Legacy Foundation as New England's sole Holocaust education center.
- Launched in 2022 by the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, the museum was intentionally sited downtown at 125 Tremont St on the Freedom Trail near Boston Common and the State House.
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Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common
Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common. A historic 12-ton railcar is crane-lifted into the museum’s center, symbolizing the millions “who never returned” and lost freedoms. The post Bostons unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common appeared first on Jerusalem World News.
Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common
(JTA) — 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 city’s upcoming Holocaust museum. The museum, the first of its kind in New England, was launched by the The Holocaust Legacy Foundation in 2022, which was founded by couple Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman following a 2018 March of the Living trip to Auschwitz. While construction on the s…
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