A few months ago we interviewed Mac Boles, a LHHS graduate who currently works for the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. In the interview he explained the “Dimensions in Testimony” exhibit.
Can you explain the storytelling and technology behind “Dimensions in Testimony”?
Last year, the USC Shoah Foundation sent a video crew out to Dallas to interview Max Glauben, one of our beloved local survivors, for the new museum’s “Dimensions in Testimony” theater. They set up green screens and cameras all around Max to capture every possible angle, and over the course of a week, they asked him over a thousand questions about his life before, during and after the Holocaust. One of only two such theaters in the world, the theater allows museum visitors to interact with holographic images of survivors as if they were having a one-on-one conversation. Max will be the featured survivor, which means students will get to meet a real survivor for generations to come.
Holocaust survivor Max Glauben recently won the Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year Award.
“Glauben is one of a rapidly shrinking number of survivors who can remember what is arguably humankind’s darkest chapter. He is a tireless speaker, sharing his incredible story of survival with schools, museums and civic groups as often as he can. He is a key player in the creation of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum,” said the Dallas News editorial. “And with that, Max and Frieda Glauben embody virtues our society is in danger of losing: faithfulness, authenticity, optimism, humility, wisdom, grace, and a strength that seems too much to carry in a shaky, thin-haired frame.”
Read Glauben’s full story here.