Save Schindler’s Ark – implement testimony, iWALK and permanent hybrid digital and place-based learning in the unique place where the events occurred

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"The overall goal is to save Schindler’s Ark to form a Museum of Survivors in the heart of Europe. Schindler’s Ark was a concentration camp where 1200 Jews on Schindler’s List were saved, as shown in the film by Stephen Spielberg. Schindler’s Ark was stolen by the Nazis from the Low-Beer family in 1938. The Low-Beer family bought back the ruined factory in 2018 and in partnership with the local community formed the Arks Foundation. They co-designed the project for a museum and the testimony activities led by local guides. This project leverages the infrastructure plans for a new museum building, to equip it as a museum of survivors. It implements testimony, iWALK and permanent digital place-based and virtual learning in the unique place where the events occurred. The digital media and testimony activities are used, training local guides, to reach the expected 100-200,000 visitors per year for the Schindler’s Ark Museum. The activities are adapted to the school curricula in Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Germany, to reach the 3 million upper secondary school children (aged 14-18) in these five countries. In addition, the universality and recognition of the story will be adapted with a module to be available to the 22 million upper secondary school children in European countries, virtually or in place. The objectives and deliverables of the project are the following: 1. New hybrid digital and place-based facilities equipped for the museum - A. 6 permanent testimony activities and interactive testimony installed to reach 100-200,000 visitors p.a. B. Exhibition ""Starting from Zero"" developed for 3 European countries 2. Lifelong learning and new testimony activities developed - A. 6 testimony activities developed with 5 European countries B. Two iWALK activities, one local, one European, new testimonies on second generation in open, access digital archive. C. Policy and teacher seminars to create European curriculum module, train local guides."