Bubny Station Reconstruction Into Holocaust Memorial Starts This Summer
Prague Morning

Work on converting Prague’s historic Bubny railway station into a Holocaust Memorial and Dialogue Center is set to begin this summer.
The Railway Administration has selected Metrostav DIZ as the contractor, with a winning bid of 186.9 million CZK. The project is expected to take two years to complete.
The renovated building will serve as a space for education, commemoration, and cultural programs, aiming to connect the history of the Holocaust with present-day discussions on human rights and social responsibility.
Between 1941 and 1945, nearly 50,000 Czechoslovak Jews, along with others identified as Jews under the Nuremberg Laws, were deported from Bubny station to Łódź and Terezín ghettos. The station, originally built in 1873 and rebuilt in the 1920s, ceased operations for passengers and railway staff in 2022.
The architectural design for the new memorial comes from ARN STUDIO, based in Hradec Králové and led by architects Jiří and Michal Krejčík. The project will include exhibition halls, multipurpose spaces, a café, and a revitalized public area surrounding the station.
Pavlína Šulcová, Director of the Bubny Memory and Dialogue Center, said the reconstruction marks the beginning of a new phase for the site. “We want to create a space that will commemorate Holocaust victims and also encourage a thoughtful understanding of the present and a responsible approach to the future,” she said.
This reconstruction coincides with the completion of a modernized railway line from the new Bubny station to Výstaviště, part of the future Prague–Airport–Kladno rail link.
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