The first train from Greece to Auschwitz Concentration Camp left Greece with 2,800 Jews on board on March 15, 1943. It was a one-way journey for the passengers on the steam engine, LV 964, that day. To commemorate the event 72 years owards, the train will return to the old station of Thessaloniki at 11.30 a.m. on March 15.

The ghostly ride through the darkest pages of history begins at Eleftherias Square and ends at the old railway.

This event is just one in a series of Holocaust remembrance activities, titled Never Again. 72 Days After the Departure of the First Train to the Auschwitz-Birkenau from Friday, March 13, through to Monday, March 16, in Thessaloniki.