Completion of the construction of physical model, initial stage of the construction of its interactive materials. “Animating” the model through introducing the multimedia is aimed at developing it with details and making the history closer to the addressee. Thanks to 3D technology, the addressee will be able to watch on the screen all buildings included within the physical model, making it at the same time possible to see archive photos or to discover their history. Visitors of the Museum will have the opportunity to listen and watch the educational path displayed on the model and devoted to the history of the ghetto. Narration conducted in this way is supposed to bring the history of the Shoah closer in a unique way, at the same time accessible for modern addressees, translating directly into a more modern encounter with the presented history.
Thanks to the combination of a traditional model formula, including a multimedia component ensuring the access to historical materials, it will become a modern educational tool with a commemorative element. Such approach will make it possible to adopt a new perspective of teaching about the Holocaust, promoting tangible building restored where the history “took place”. The experience gathered so far with reference to multi-dimensional use of the model within educational activities as well as its perception by the visitors of the memorial site proves a strong need of visualization of spatial history.
In the years 2015-2019, the project was realized with the support from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance within the framework of three-year grant program, the Łódź City Hall as well as the museum’s own budget.
Model of the ghetto made by Leon Jakubowicz. Photo: USHMM
Hospital no. 1 in Litzmannstadt ghetto at Łagiewnicka 36. Photo: APŁ