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Department of Informatics
Athens University of Economics and Business
76, Patission Str.,
104 34, Athens, Greece
Project Overview
"Block 15: a virtual journey " is an R&D project hosted by the Department of Informatics, Athens Univesity of Economics and Business, focusing on the infamous Block 15 of the Haidari Concentration Camp in Western Athens, the largest and most notorious German concentration camp in wartime Greece. The project, so far the first and only of its kind in Greece and SE Europe, makes the building, currently an endangered one, accessible to audiences and communities of diverse backgrounds through the use of immersive technologies. The project was co-funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the Greek-German Future Fund and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
Through an original interactive scenario based on primary and multimedia archival sources and with the employment of digital storytelling, the immersive Virtual Reality experience not only brings back to life the actual monument that is Block 15, but also functions as a reminder of the horrors and torture inflicted by the Nazis on prisoners, in an attempt to reintroduce a historically and politically contested site to heterogeneous audiences. "Block 15" was supported by the Municipality of Haidari, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) and the Jewish Community of Athens.
The final VR production, running on Meta Quest 2 VR headsets, is free to download and install on compatible devices and is translated to English, for non-Greek users.
Contact Information
The project was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (German-Greek Future Fund)
