The exhibition design, initially curated by the architect Gentili Tedeschi and later by Morpurgo de Curtis architects, has created a space in which first-person accounts are integrated with the functions of study, research and debate.
The structure comprises two main sections: the Memorial and the Laboratorio della Memoria (Memory Lab). In the former, which is of great emotional impact, the visit begins at the “Observatory”, a space for individual research on the events of the Shoah, offering an initial view onto the area of the train tracks. In the adjacent space, videos of accounts from survivors are projected. Opposite the wagon hoist is the “Track of Unknown Destination”, an original livestock wagon that was used for deportation. Along the second platform, the “Wall of Names” commemorates all those who were deported from Milan Central Station. The visit concludes with the “Space for Reflection”.
The Memory Lab houses a well-stocked specialist library, a 200-seat auditorium and the “Memorials Hall”, an educational space with internet stations, connected with the main Holocaust memorial institutions around the world.
Exhibitions, seminars and temporary activities are organised frequently.
Piazza Safra 1 (formerly Via Ferrante Aporti, 3)
Information and contacts:
http://www.memorialeshoah.it/home/?lang=en
