 There is a memorial on the station forecourt in remembrance of the deportation of Jews to the extermination camps from Bielefeld station during the Nazi dictatorship.In 1946 and 1947 Bielefeld station was the headquarters of the railways of the American and British occupation zone ("Hauptverwaltung der Eisenbahnen des amerikanischen und britischen Besatzungsgebiets"), from which Deutsche Bundesbahn emerged in 1949.The last act of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, "Generalbetriebsleitung" (general management) West, Bielefeld was to publish the official winter timetable for the period from 2 October 1949 to 13 May 1950.