SKOKIE, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Powerful stories and cutting edge technology provide a unique look at the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as tales of hope and survival, in an exhibition Made in Chicago.
Kelley Szany is a vice president at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie which hosts "The Journey Back."
The virtual reality exhibit tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes and voices of two survivors.
"Fritzie Fritzshall and George Brent as they recount to you not only what it was like to survive the Holocaust and what they experienced in these camps, but even what their life was like before as well as after the Holocaust.
"Fritzie recounts what it was like as the women at night would sing songs and trade recipes and try to comfort each other, or George talking about what it was like when he arrived at Ebenzee and was like working inside the slave labor tunnels," said Szany.
"You as a visitor literally feel like you are standing on the arrival ramp at Auschwitz with George and Fritzie as they're recounting what it was like to arrive to barking dogs and shouting and being separated from their family," added Szany.
Szany said "The Journey Back" is a powerful lesson of the horrors of hate in a world still facing discrimination and division.
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