The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and the Red Star Line Museum are pleased to announce the 2014 European Sites of Conscience annual meeting, from February 17th to 19th in Antwerp, Belgium.
Antwerp was a particularly popular port of emigration among Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. These people constituted a sizeable proportion of the Red Star Line’s passengers. The shipping company recruited its “customers” from deep within Eastern Europe.
The Red Star Line Museum has been nominated for the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award 2015. Together with the Museum on the Yser in Diksmuide, it is one of 42 candidates on the list.
