Point of embarkation

During the German occupation of Italy, 8,628 Jews were deported from Italy and its territories... On Jan. 30, 1944, one of the 15 deportation trains to leave this station carried 605 Jews to Auschwitz; most were killed on arrival; 20 survived.

The station is Milan Central Station, where a memorial is now being planned around the track from which Italy's Jews were deported.