How do you present emotionally challenging content to your audience in a way that they might connect with, rather than be overwhelmed? I interview Kelley Szany at Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center about strategies and tactics they use to help visitors connect with holocaust and genocide content. We discuss the art of storytelling, the concept of rescuing the individual, floor guide tactics to help visitors move from emotional to cognitive responses, and more.
Links to books discussed in episode
All But My Life, by Gerda Weissmann Klein
Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites, by Julia Rose
Links to other resources discussed in episode
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Skokie
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, DC
East City Films - VR firm, London
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