The Journey Back - Holocaust Stories - a Virtual Reality Exhibit

Discover the power of virtual reality to enhance Holocaust education through 360-degree immersive technology. "Walk" with Holocaust Survivors through childhood hometowns and concentration camps as they share their stories of survival, creating an unforgettable experience. 

• A Promise Kept- follow Fritzie Fritzshall, as she returns to her hometown and the notorious 
  Auschwitz killing center, sharing her promise made to the 599 women who helped save her life.
• Don’t Forget Me - journey back to Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Ebensee concentration camps with 
  Survivor, George Brent, revealing one son’s will to survive to the face of Nazi tyranny.
• Letters from Drancy - Accompany Marion Deichmann as she recounts her daring childhood journey 
  across the borders of Northern Europe with her mother Alice, her escape from the Nazis with the 
  help of the French Resistance in Paris, and her survival of D-Day in Normandy.
• Walk to Westerbork - accompany Rodi Glass as she revisits her hometown of Amsterdam and sites of 
  her imprisonment at Westerbork transit camp and Vittel internment camp.

• Escape to Shanghai – follow Doris Fogel’s epic journey from Germany to Shanghai, China - one of 
  the only places whose doors were open to European Jews during the Holocaust.

   

  The Journey Back, A VR Experience was created by Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in collaboration with East City Films and made possible through the generous support of Diane C. Hunter.