The original station building was opened with the line in 1876 , but the building in its current form was built in 1878 by the '' Weimar-Gera Railway Company '' ( '' Weimar-Geraer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft '' ) , apart from two changes described below . In 1908 , the open staircase in the middle of the building was replaced by a new central building . In 1981 , the supervisory building was added on the platform side of the reception building . The station building was renovated in 2000 and attracted some retail outlets ( shops selling magazines , flowers and model trains and several snack bars ) . The deportation of Jews , Sinti and Romani during the Second World War is commemorated by a flower-decked plaque at the track-side entrance of the entrance building . In the second half of 2006 the platforms were repainted , new safety systems were installed and a passage was opened that connects platform track 2 with the Schott glass works
deportation of Jews
The Holocaust
Jena West station