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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

New virtual-reality Holocaust experience keeps survivors ‘alive,’ builds empathy

Deborah FineblumJanuary 24, 2022

Organizers at the Illinois Holocaust Museum chose International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 for the official rollout of their new cutting-edge virtual-reality Holocaust experience, titled “The Journey Back.”

Holocaust survivor George Brent is pictured in a scene from "Don't Forget Me" which takes viewers on a journey back to Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Ebensee concentration camps, revealing Brent’s will to survive in the face of Nazi tyranny. Credit: Courtesy.

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