A Holocaust-memorial project called the Train of Commemoration has created an extraordinary row between the head of the Dusseldorf Jewish community, Michael Szentei-Heise, and the state railway, Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn is in charge of the train which is the mobile venue for an exhibition on how Jews were transported to the camps. Szentei-Heise was upset over the high costs of the project and the failure of the train to stop at Berlin’s main station. He said to DB boss Hartmut Mehdorn: “If you had been in the same position in the Third Reich today, you would have directed the very same thing, perhaps with greater conviction, as your predecessor at the time.” Achtung! DB responded by filing a criminal complaint, which was dismissed by the public prosecutor.
