Voices on HOLO-VOICES
Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, mentioned: “The experience and impression of a personal encounter with Holocaust survivors are irreplaceable. Yet a lot of the survivors are now 90 years old or older. They will not have the ability to tell us their stories for much longer. That is why, with HOLO-VOICES, we are creating a chance to continue engaging in discussion with survivors of the Shoah in the future– to discover what occurred to them and what lessons we can draw from it today.”
Eyewitness Eva Weyl said: “Modern technology utilizing AI is fantastic. By doing this I can help guarantee that history is maintained. Particularly to youths I want to say: You must understand the past so that peace can be maintained. Help fight against intolerance, disrespect, and deterioration. And talk about what you experience at HOLO-VOICES. Tell your moms and dads, discuss it in your home– and be humane!”
Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University, included: “As a leading center for AI research, we contribute our competence with great commitment to make an enduring dialogue between youths and Holocaust witnesses possible. For us, HOLO-VOICES has ended up being an interdisciplinary research study project. Experts from journalism and AI work hand in hand with historians to create an important contribution against antisemitism and bigotry.”
Provided the impressive social significance of this job, a number of fans could be secured for HOLO-VOICES: The RAG Foundation, the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Structure, and the Brost Foundation together cover around 35 percent of overall costs amounting to approximately EUR3.2 million. The staying financing is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. The licenses for the videos including Inge Auerbacher and Kurt Maier are supplied to the task by the German National Library and the Shoah Foundation.
Checking out the Exhibit
In addition to the holograms themselves, HOLO-VOICES also consists of the exhibition “Frag nach!” (Ask!) about the lives of Inge Auerbacher and Kurt Salomon Maier by the German Exile Archive 1933– 1945 at the German National Library. Additionally, there is an exhibition curated by ZWEITZEUGEN e.V. entitled “Unter Tage– Unter Zwang “ (Underground– Under Compulsio), which deals with forced labor in coal mining.
Admission to HOLO-VOICES and its accompanying exhibits is free of charge. Individual visitors might participate in daily in between 12 midday and 6 p.m.; group sees, assisted tours, and workshops (for example for school classes) should be reserved beforehand by means of a kind on the website.
Site of HOLO-VOICES