Survivor Stories: An Interactive Dialogue — Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Survivor Stories: An Interactive Dialogue, a permanent interactive installation developed by USC Shoah Foundation and USC Libraries in partnership with the museum, opened January 2025 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
| Venue | Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |
|---|---|
| Project type | Installation |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2025 |
| Technologies | interactive video testimony, natural language processing |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| usc-shoah-foundation | Content Production AI / Machine Learning | Developed the interactive testimony content and matching technology, in partnership with USC Libraries and the museum; a university research institute rather than a commercial design/build firm — the same entity behind the Virginia Holocaust Museum and Illinois Holocaust Museum Experience360 Dimensions in Testimony installations, credited there only in prose since a separate design/AV firm (MAD Systems, Luci Creative) was available to carry the formal credit. Here no such separate firm was found in press coverage, so USC Shoah Foundation is credited directly. . |
Description
Visitors hold a button on a mounted screen, ask a question aloud, and the system matches it to one of 150+ pre-recorded video answers from 10 Holocaust survivors, played on an adjacent screen.