We embarked on a journey to the #FerramontiDiTarsia memorial, a poignant reminder of history. Using cutting-edge tech, we captured the site's essence from a unique perspective. With #droneFootage, we're reconstructing the space in 3D, preserving its legacy for generations to come.
This week, we presented our publication "A Survey on Storytelling Techniques for Heritage on Nazi Persecution" at the #IVAPP2024 conference in Rome. Congratulations to our Ph.D. students Camilla and Niek for their presentation and insights into using visual elements to deepen the understanding of historical happenings and narrate the past.
The paper was a collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Bergen-Belsen Memorial.
#YOU want to play an active role in ensuring that the memory of #NaziPersecution will not be forgotten? To learn more about your interests, needs, and requirements, #MEMORISE created a short #survey.
Scan the QR code or follow the link, and fill in the survey on your mobile device.
Link: https://memorise.sdu.dk/memorise-you/
In the face of increasing misinformation, it is important to protect the integrity of historical sources, safeguard memorial sites and reflect on how to engage with the history of Nazi persecution in thoughtful and responsible ways. We have addressed these challenges in our conceptual & ethical considerations for visualising heritage on Nazi persecution: https://memorise.sdu.dk/guidelines/
#histodons #holocaust #digitalHeritage #digitalHistory #neverforget
#otd 79 years ago, #Auschwitz was #liberated. On this occasion, we #commemorate the victims of #NaziPersecution with the #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay.
In the concentration camp #BergenBelsen, the Nazis tried to erase the traces of their crimes by destroying the camp’s documentation. Of the more than 110,000 prisoners, at least 52,000 died. The names and fates of many of these prisoners are still unknown today.
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The museum's exhibition gallery tells the story of Belzec in detail (1), next to it is a dark and empty room for contemplation, which seems to be about the same size as the exhibition gallery (2).
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#waclawszpakowski #Sonderkommando #holocaust #concentrationCampStory #neverforget #digitalMemory #memorise
The memorial itself can be reached via a path between high walls carved into the #burialSite (1). It ends with an overhang (2), which presents lists of #Jewish and #Polish first names embedded in the concrete. This symbolizes the fact that there are no official records of those #murdered.
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#holocaust #neverforget #concentrationcamp #memorial #histodons #concentrationCampStory #digitalMemory
The second painting (1) shows the burning of the #corpses on makeshift pyres built from parts of railroad tracks.
A replica of such a symbolic pyre can be seen on the site as part of the memorial (2).
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#holocaust #neverforget #concentrationcamp #memorial #histodons #concentrationCampStory #digitalMemory
The guide showed us two detailed #paintings created by a Polish railroad worker named Waclaw Kolodziejczyk. He created them with the help of oral accounts of what happened in the #camp, which he had heard from members of the so-called "Sonderkommando". These paintings are now in the archives of the church in #Belzec. The first painting (1) shows the layout of the camp, which was also shielded by a green wall of trees.
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