The Past on Display

A Cattle Car Exhibit Comes to Lynn

By Spencer A. Backman, Global News Editor with contributions from Lisset Guillen

A reproduction of the cattle cars used to transport Jews in the Holocaust was displayed in front of the Wold Performing Arts Center on April 3 and April 4. 

As part of Lynn University’s commitment to “Never Again,” to complement its 5th annual Holocaust Remembrance Event, students, faculty and local community members were afforded the rare opportunity to tour a reproduction of the infamous cattle cars while hearing the stories of those who survived the multi-day rides to concentration camps in frigid or searing conditions with little air and no food or water.

“Seeing these artifacts and knowing what happened, it hits you, just to know that even some of your greatest friends could be stripped of their freedom, identity, self, all just to be sent to a camp where they never see their parents again,” said Kyle Juliano, a sophomore majoring in cybersecurity.

“Knowing the Holocaust, knowing the people, knowing all of these artifacts that have been brought here is almost like you’re going back in time.”

In addition to the exhibit, Lynn professor Dr. Sindee Kerker gave a brief lecture on the horrors of the Holocaust and the subsequent Nuremburg trials.

At the end of the presentation, there was an opportunity to view some historical artifacts, many of which are managed by Lynn University’s Archivist and Records Manager Lea Iadarola.

“It’s important to learn about these artifacts to make sure that these atrocities never happen again,” said Iadarola.