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QuickTime virtual reality movies allow you to rotate your view of a scene through a complete 360 degree horizontal circle. It is as if you are standing in a location, and can turn in any direction. To view the movie, click and hold your mouse button on the movie and then drag the mouse to rotate the scene.
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As you "turn," you can zoom into the scene for a closer look at a particular part.
Use this button to zoom in. You can also zoom in by using the shift key--even as you are rotating the scene with your mouse.
Use this icon to zoom out. You can also zoom out by using the control key on your keyboard.
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Movies can be saved to your hard drive for viewing off line. Click on the drop-down menu at the end of the control bar and then select "Save as QuickTime Movie..."
| Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a concentration camp located in what is now southern Poland. Views of the camp include: the entrance with the famous Arbeit Macht Frei gate, the roll call area, the death block, a view from inside the gate, and a view near the gas chamber. (5 movies) |
| Birkenau. Birkenau, though much larger, was a sub-camp of Auschwitz. Views include: an overview of the camp from the watchtower, various roads throughout the camp, the children's barracks, a barracks interior, and several views of crematorium/gas chamber ruins. (12 movies) |
| Majdanek. Majdanek camp and killing center opened near Lublin in eastern Poland in late 1941. At first a labor camp for Poles and a POW camp for Russians, it was classified as a concentration camp in April 1943. Like Auschwitz, it was also a major killing center. (4 movies) |
| Mauthausen. Mauthausen was a forced labor camp located in Austria. Views include the quarry, the garage yard, the roll call area, and a monument. (5 movies) |
| Mittelbau-Dora. This concentration and slave labor camp was known for its production of V2 and V1 rockets in a large tunnel system. Views include the Appelplatz, memorial, and an overview of the lower camp. (3 movies) |
| Terezín. Terezín, a Nazi ghetto located in Czechoslovakia, was created in late 1941 as a "model Jewish settlement" to deceive the outside world as to the treatment of the Jews. The Small Fortress at Terezín was used as a prison. The VRs in this section show the entrance to the Small Fortress, the third courtyard (for women), the fourth courtyard, the hospital block, and the place of execution. (5 movies) |
| Treblinka. Treblinka was the extermination camp located northeast of Warsaw. Residents of the Warsaw ghetto were murdered here. The camp was destroyed before the end of the war, so a large memorial site was planned with 17,000 stones representing lost communities. (3 movies) |
| Other Camps. Views of other camps include: Buchenwald, Dachau, Ebensee, Neuengamme, Plaszow, Ravensbrück, Sachsenhausen, and Wernigerode. (13 movies) |
| Other Locations. Views of the House of the Wannsee Conference, the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery, the Topography of Terror exhibit in Berlin, the Bernburg "euthanasia" facility, memorials in Amsterdam and Miami, a memorial garden dedicated to murdered children, and several examples of Third Reich architecture. (11 movies) |
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology,
College of Education, University of South Florida © 2005.