Museum of deportation in Prato<\/p>\n
On 29th November, our class went to visit the museum of deportation in Prato.<\/p>\n
\nIt took us 20 minutes to get to the station of Prato. From there we took the bus to Figline di Prato where the museum is located. The Museum of Deportation is a place of remembrance,
\ndedicated to the memory of what happened in the Nazi concentration camps.
\nIt was inaugurated in 2002 in Figline, where, on 6th September 1944, 29 partisans were hung by a retreating Wehrmacht unit.
\nThere we met the guide, Enrico, who explained us how people lived in Italy during the Second World War. Enrico showed us also a video about Roberto Castellani who was
\none of the 136 Prato-born partisans that were deported to the Nazi concentration camps, following a strike in the city in March 1944 that immobilized
\nthe textile industry. They were deported to the concentration camp of Mauhausen in Austria and its sub-camps of Ebensee, Gusen and Melk.
\nThe museum looks also at the story of millions of men and women, caught in roundups all over Europe, deported for racial or political reasons, according to the plan for the enslavement and annihilation of entire peoples set in
\nmotion during World War II by the Third Reich.
\nWe saw numerous original utensils and objects like cups, beds, shoes and everyday life objects which were donated to the city of Prato by ANED (National Association of Ex-Deportees).
\nWe really liked the visit because it was very interesting and we recommend it to everyone<\/p>\n
Giovanni & Eslida<\/p>\n