Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Journey Back will be at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library from October 14 until October 25. There will be multiple opportunities each day Monday through Friday to take the virtual tour.
Morning and evening sessions are available for registration.
Discover the power of virtual reality through 360-degree immersive technology as you “walk” with Holocaust Survivors through their childhood hometowns and the concentration camps that they survived.
This exhibit is from the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and is based on their award-winning virtual reality films A Promise Kept and Don’t Forget Me.
In A Promise Kept you will journey to the notorious Auschwitz killing center and hear from survivor Fritzie Fritzshall as she fulfills her promise to the 599 women who helped save her life. Don’t Forget Me bears witness to survivor George Brent’s will to survive in the face of Nazi tyranny as he guides viewers through Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Ebensee concentration camps.
This is a free virtual reality exhibit. Registration is required but a library card is not required.
Each film lasts for 15 minutes, so the total running time of the virtual exhibit is 30 minutes. Lisa Hutson, Programming Coordinator at the Effingham Public Library, is excited to have this exhibit in Effingham. “We try to bring unique learning opportunities to the library for the community to connect with. This is such an important topic and to hear it from two people that lived through it is so powerful.”
If you have questions about this program or other library programs, call the library at 217-342-2464, Ext. 1, or email info@effinghamlibrary.org.
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