A Window to the Past: Birkenau in 3D and AR
Through photogrammetry and advanced 3D modeling, the Birkenau camp has been meticulously recreated, offering an immersive way to engage with its history. Using WebAR technology website visitors can:
Explore Birkenau in web 3D: Gain an interactive view of the camp, understanding its layout and scale in ways traditional media cannot capture.
Place the model in a miniature in their space: With Augmented Reality, users can bring the camp into their own environment, fostering a deeper, more personal connection to history.
Access globally without barriers: The experience is entirely browser-based, requiring no app download, ensuring accessibility to a worldwide audience. Users just need to visit Hungarian EMEMA foundation’s website to start the 3D and AR Experience.
Why This Initiative Matters
Eighty years may have passed, but the stories of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Holocaust remain as relevant as ever. As the number of survivors dwindles, preserving their legacy becomes not just a task, but a responsibility. By creating an 3D AR experience of Birkenau, the Hungarian EMEMA Foundation, Brian Trepanier and PausAR are not only remembering the past but actively engaging the present to shape the future.
This project is about more than technology. It’s about ensuring that future generations can understand the gravity of what happened—to see the camp, to explore its details, and to reflect on its lessons in a deeply personal way.
A Message of Remembrance Through Innovation
On this significant anniversary, the Birkenau AR experience serves as a reminder: we cannot let the passage of time diminish the voices of those who suffered. Instead, we must amplify them—with every tool available. By integrating the PausAR Viewer, this initiative bridges the gap between remembrance and innovation, offering a profound way to honor history.
Relive history after the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation with Hungarian EMEMA Foundations’s groundbreaking 3D and AR experience
This initiative holds deep importance as it honors the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Through their innovative approach and attention to detail, the PausAR team has helped ensure that this chapter of history is preserved and presented in a way that encourages education, remembrance, and reflection.
Their professionalism, creativity, and commitment were essential to making this project a reality. The resulting AR experience serves as a powerful tool for engaging with history in a meaningful way.Thank you, PausAR, for your invaluable partnership in this endeavor.
Explore and Reflect
The Birkenau AR experience is not just a model—it is a call to action to remember, to learn, and to ensure “never again” remains more than words.
Visit Hungarian EMEMA Foundation’s website to explore the 3D and WebAR representation of Birkenau. Let us reflect together on the past and commit to a future rooted in understanding and empathy.
3D Model “Auschwitz II Birkenau” (https://skfb.ly/orvpn) by Brian Trepanier is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
