The March Field Station is part of the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds and is today marked by deterioration and vandalism. From here, the National Socialists deported Jews to concentration camps. The city of Nuremberg, together with German Rail, will remake the station into a place of remembrance.
Place of Remembrance March Field Station
The March Field Station was conceived as a central arrival and departure train station for the tent and barracks camp of the participants from National Socialist organizations at the Nazi Party Rallies. Only a small part of the site was actually built; when the war began work stopped. The buildings then served a new purpose in the inhuman activities of the Nazis.
From here, on November 29, 1941 and March 24, 1942, the Jewish population from Nuremberg and Franconia were deported to the Jungfernhof Camp near Riga (Latvia) and to the Izbica Ghetto near Lublin (Poland). Very few Jews survived their deportation to the extermination camps in Eastern Europe.
In addition, the National Socialists used the train station during World War II for the arrival and departure of prisoners of war and slave laborers, which were held in the camps on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds under inhumane conditions.
The March Field station was renamed the Nuremberg-Langwasser station in 1957. Until 1987, it was used as a stop in the public transportation system. Today, it serves various functions for freight transport.
The March Field Station will be redesigned in the upcoming years into a place of remembrance. A partial opening is planned for May 2025 as a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war and the liberation of the Langwasser Prisoner of War Camp.
In the future, the train station will become accessible for visitors and, using stories of individuals, will keep the memory of the deported, prisoners of war and slave laborers alive. The main focus will be the places and countries from which people came to Nuremberg and the history of the train station and the role of the German National Rail.
