Aliisa Råmark is a PhD Candidate at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH). Her research focus is on conservation and digital heritage, currently analysing the impact of implementing novel technology into difficult heritage sites.

Her PhD research is part of an overarching EU-project MEMORISE. It focuses on evaluating the use of a virtual interactive platform for the engagement, exploration and education of Heritage on Nazi Persecution (HNP), featuring an Augmented Reality (AR) and a web-based interactive exploration that disseminate virtual reconstructions of eradicated former Nazi camps. Moreover, she will analyse how visual layers, multiperspective narratives, individualisation and active learning impact learning and collective memory of HNP

Alissa and Héctor López-Carral are investigating the use and impact of advanced digital tools for the continuation of collective Holocaust memory, considering the current post-witness era. As physical witness accounts have previously been a crucial part of Heritage related to Nazi Persecution (HNP) education, how do we authenticate the lived experiences of Nazi persecution survivors after their department?

In this paper we will describe the methods our research will use to measure the impact that visual details, critical narratives and content individualisation have on digital Historical and Cultural Learning (HCL) of the HNP and preliminary primary results of this approach. This collaborative Future Memory research project within the overarching MEMORISE project focuses on developing further and evaluating an interactive exploration platform implementing a 3D off-site and Augmented Reality (AR) in-situ visualisation of former Nazi camps for HNP education. Our pilot study seeks to answer what are the effects of experiencing differences in visual details in a virtual reconstruction of Camp Westerbork on initial impressions,  authenticity and usability? We will discuss results of our study from conducted through two expert focus groups.