The Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial & Education Center
Introduces the Revolutionary, Interactive,
Living History / Dedication Wall
Holocaust Memorial & Education Center
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The First, Public Holocaust Memorial with Interactive Dedications
Honoring Holocaust Victims with Local Communal Ties
Background
A Holocaust Memorial like no other is emerging on the Municipal Green in Teaneck, New Jersey. It will serve as a physical memorial to those who perished and offer cutting-edge educational curriculum to enhance child and adult understanding about the Holocaust throughout the region and beyond. The explosion of antisemitism post October 7th, makes the success of this project crucial to educate the youth about the importance of tolerance and the evils of racism.
Educational Components
An important part of the Memorial Wall will be the interactive historical information that we will have on each of the 7 panels. The centerpiece depicting the murder of 6 million Jews will be flanked on both sides by columns representing the major stages of the Holocaust. Embedded in each of these columns will be key words that will connect to our NNJ Memorial, augmented reality APP. This will provide visitors with more in depth information on each of those highlighted people, places or things. For example, if we have a panel depicting a map of Concentration Camps, when one points their phone to that column, a series of photos and videos will surround that person and they will be able to click on any one of them for more information
Our educational committee in conjunction with Yad Vashem, has formulated important content that will be embedded in each column and linked to the augmented reality photos and videos that will be accessible on the App.
In addition, we will look for funding to train docents to give guided tours of the Memorial to further enhance the experience.
In addition to the columns, we will have sets of benches in rows in front of the structures for groups to sit and hear lectures, conduct discussions, or just sit and contemplate.
Living Tributes - The Ultimate Faces not Numbers
We will be offering community members the opportunity to dedicate a name of a Holocaust survivor or victim for a set fee, which would include posting a photo and a few paragraphs about that person or on a higher level, a video dedication. This "interactive name" will allow visitors to see who that person was, how they looked and what their Holocaust and post Holocaust experience was. We will also allow room for synagogues and corporations to make dedications to help fund the project. This will personalize the experience and allow community members, synagogues, organizations and corporations to pay tribute to loved ones who were victims of the Shoah.
Each dedication will consist of 2 lines - one for the name(s) and one from
place(s) of origin. A dedication can consist of an individual or a couple.
Other dedications include short video tributes and photos.
This way you can get a small insight to the person or couple in the space.
The Bigger Story
Each dedication will be linked to our website via our App and will include up to 4 photos and 2 paragraphs of copy that donors can submit with their dedications.
This will allow visitors to point their phone at the name and learn who that person or couple’s photos and history.
A separate section will be available to organizations, corporations and synagogues to donate and have their officers listed and a message from their leadership on the app.
Being that this will be interactive, the corporate or synagogue content can be upgraded for a fee should their leadership deem it necessary.
