The holographic likeness of Holocaust survivor Renee Firestone, 97, is part of a new exhibit at the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, which reopens on Saturday more than a year after the pandemic forced museum doors closed. The permanent installation allows visitors to have a lifelike conversation with one of the oldest Holocaust survivors in the world. Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone, pictured at the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, answered more than a thousand questions in front of more than 100 cameras to create the new holographic exhibit. The Holocaust museum held off on reopening until this month, in part because of budget issues as donors reduced or shifted their giving. “We’re just going to have to take it day by day.”Founded by survivors in 1961, the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles is the oldest of its kind in the country.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2021 12:56 UTC