PRESERVE, REMEMBER AND COMMEMORATE

Study on the visual documentation of historical places of remembrance using the example of Camp VII Kaufering

A project by Wolfgang Hauck with the association “dieKunstBauStelle e. V.”
in cooperation with “European Holocaust Memorial Foundation e. V.”

WEBSITE

NS-DOKUZENTRUM LANDSBERG CAMP VII

NEW WAYS OF COMMEMORATION AND REMEMBRANCE CULTURE

In the project “Conceptualization of an internet-based documentation platform as a virtual memorial site”, the design and structure of a target group-oriented website was developed.

The aim of the website is to create an attractive online presentation for memorial sites of modern and contemporary history. Using the Kaufering VII subcamp near Landsberg as an example, the feasibility, visualizations and state of the art were researched.

BACKGROUND

Southeast of the town of Landsberg lies the Kaufering VII concentration camp, one of ten other camps that were set up in 1944 as a satellite camp complex of Dachau for the construction of three semi-underground bunkers.

The buildings and ruins of the Kaufering VII concentration camp, which have been preserved to this day, are considered architectural and ground monuments of national importance. They are the only remaining original concentration camp buildings in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Part of the former Kaufering VII concentration camp now forms the European Holocaust Memorial. The main task of the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation is to preserve the memorial site as a witness to National Socialist crimes and as a place of remembrance of the suffering of the victims.

In this way, the foundation tries to keep the knowledge of historical events alive in people’s minds and pass it on.

On the initiative of Wolfgang Hauck, the project “Conceptualization of an internet-based documentation platform as a virtual memorial and place of remembrance” was investigated and developed together with the cultural association “dieKunstBauStelle”.

TIME SPACE

May 2016 to January 2017, publication of project report

CONTRIBUTING STUDENTS, EDITORIAL OFFICE

Stefan Arndt, University of Eichstätt
Leandra Victoria Krah, University of Augsburg, Global Business Management
Chair of Information Systems and Management, Prof. Dr. Daniel Veit, University of Augsburg

TEXT AND EDITORIAL OFFICE

Stefan Arndt
Leandra Krah
Manfred Deiler ✝
Dr. Edith Raim

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

Archive Manfred Deiler

PANRORAMA RECORDINGS, WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING

Wolfgang Hauck
Stefan Arndt
Leandra Krah

MANAGEMENT, CONCEPT, LOGO AND IDEA

Wolfgang Hauck

PARTNER

The project is supported and advised by the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation.
European Holocaust Memorial Foundation e.V.

LINKS

Advice: European Holocaust Memorial Foundation e.V.
LANDSBERG CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

STATUS

Part 1 of the project: Research and investigation completed. Project report published.
Part 2 of the project: Realization of demo version is prepared.
Part 3 of the project: Realization of the website is completed.