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As the last witnesses of one of the worst genocides humanity has brought upon itself are passing away an important question arises. How authentic memory can be preserved and cultivated when the people who experienced those events are no longer with us. Is it still memory or is it now history?
The burden of answering those questions rests on institutions established around memorial sites, whose primary goals it is to preserve memory, raise awareness and educate, while maintaining objectivity and embracing historical truth.
Those institutions face a difficult task of reaching a wide audience and educating as many people as possible, while maintaining the gravity of the site and the dignity of its victims. This becomes especially challenging when using modern communication tools such as Social Media.
Additionally, those responsibilities become even more exacerbated by the current state of the world, where travelling and experiencing memorial sites firsthand is severely limited.
We will explore those challenges from the perspective of people actively involved with day-to-day operations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
