Farewell memorial, Holocaust memorial at Prague Central Station, Czech Republic

The Farewell Memorial is a Holocaust memorial inside Prague's main train station, built around a bronze train door and glass panels. The panels display hand imprints of children and parents who parted at this station during the Nazi occupation.

In 1939, Nicholas Winton arranged train transports from this station that brought 669 Jewish children to safety in Britain. Most of those children never saw their parents again, and the memorial was built decades later to mark the place where they last met.

The glass panels carry hand imprints made by survivors and their descendants who are still alive today. Looking at them gives visitors a direct, personal connection to the families who said goodbye at this spot.

The memorial sits in the passageway between the departure hall and the platforms, just below the Art Nouveau dome of the Fantova café. It is open to anyone passing through and easy to find by following the main corridor of the station.

The glass panel was made by Czech glassmaker Jan Huňát, who fused casts of children's hands on one side and adults' hands on the other. The casts were taken from the hands of Milena Grenfell-Baines, Zuzana Marešová and the great-grandchildren of one of them. On 9 June 2019 vandals damaged the memorial, leaving cracks in the glass relief.