What we have found, in particular over the past couple of years with the rise of hatred and extremism and antisemitism, is that visitors are coming to our museum looking for answers from our survivors. They are finding in the holographic technology or through the virtual-reality films this affirmation of, 'Okay, these courageous and resilient individuals were able to survive, were able to create these incredible lives after such darkness. I can be empowered by that. I can take strength from that.'
Our museum started having a lot of conversations about what we are going to do when our Holocaust survivors are no longer here to share their stories.
The museum recently debuted three virtual-reality films featuring Marion Deichmann's experience in Nazi-occupied Paris, Doris Fogel's journey from Kristallnacht Berlin to wartime Shanghai, and Rodi Glass's return to Amsterdam and the sites of her survival.
To protect and preserve their crucial eye-witness perspective, IHMEC has embraced new technologies.
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