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Why has Auschwitz Museum created a digital replica of the death camp?
The technical team used the most advanced spatial scanning technologies to create a digital replica of the Auschwitz I camp. The project was recognised at the Cannes Film Festival. We interview Bartosz Bartyzel, a spokesman for the Auschwitz Museum, to learn more about the project.
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Anti-extremism centre opens in house of Auschwitz commandant
The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness.
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Film of the Week: 'Treasure' - Stephen Fry can't redeem this misfire
This frustratingly aimless road movie attempts to delve into hereditary trauma and the legacy of the Holocaust. Its well-meaning efforts are undercut by a script that makes the central protagonist completely insufferable.
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Nazism seen from the inside by Jonathan Glazer
Auschwitz, 1944. In "The Zone of Interest", Jonathan Glazer takes us into the heart of the family life of the camp commandant at Auschwitz. A chilling, contemporary look at the banality of horror. The film is out now. A shock. Review and interview with director Jonathan Glazer.