Eingeschlagen

This is a very important word to know in German, as we found out this morning at the tourist information desk. Mia and I wanted to tour a nearby concentration camp, so we went to the tramline and the ticket lady kept sternly telling us that we couldn't go. We didn't really get it, so we decided to go to the train station instead. Still couldn't figure out what train to catch. So we decide to ask the tourist info guy for help and he also tells us that we can't go there. At this point, we're starting to think that the Germans are trying to steer us clear of WWII evidence. The guy tells us in broken English that the train track doesn't work, but he can't think of the English word. So he starts repeating "Eingeschlagen! Eingeschlagen!" and basically starts doing charades while the whole tourist office is staring at us and laughing. We're guessing all the wrong things- construction, the train already left, etc. It wasn't until he gestured digging something out of the ground and made an explosion sound that we realized that the track was closed for underground bomb clean-up. Yes, we needed to use the train on the one day since 1945 that they finally decide to do some archaeology. Apparently, Eingeschlagen means flattened, destroyed, bombed. Definitely keep note of that for future reference.