Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin

 

Dark history of Platform 17

Located in the beautiful Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest location. Underneath this fairy tale like exterior is a dark history. Starting on 18 October 1941 until February 1945 platform 17  was one of the major sites of deportation of the people to the concentration camps.