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10 Bearing Witness: The Future of Holocaust Memory Through Immersive Technology

How does the use of new immersive technologies portend the future of Holocaust education and remembrance?

In this panel, Holocaust survivors Rodi Glass and Marion Deichmann, are joined by VR filmmaker Darren Emerson and Kelley Szany (SVP, Education and Exhibitions at Illinois Holocaust Museum) to discuss the making of 3 new VR films (premiering at the SXSW Immersive Pavillion), the challenges in using new technologies to share difficult histories, and its impact on the future of Holocaust memory.

SXSW Panel
12 March 4pm
Austin Convention Centre

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Darren Emerson - ECF
Kelley Szany - Illinoise Holocaust Museum
Marion Deichmann - Survivor and star of Letters From Drancy
Rodi Glass - Survivor and star of Walk to Westerbork