Address: 147 Cypress Street
Newton, MA 02459
Phone: 617-699-6857
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Website: https://www.lockerofmemory.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jungfernhofmemorial
Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Karen Frostig
Principal Team Members:
Dr. Richards Plavnieks, Chief Historian
Evan Robins, Research Coordinator
Kabren Levinson, Chief Technology Officer
MakerLab at Brandeis University - Designer/technologists
Ilya Lensky, Primary Advisor
Scientific team – led by Dr. Richard Freund, Holocaust archeologist, and geographer and cartographer
Year Established: 2019
Staff: Contracted specialists 5; Advisors 4
Type of Organization: NGO, Holocaust Memorial installed at the Jungfernhof concentration camp in Riga, Latvia
Mission: Recovering Holocaust history and memory about a forgotten camp, commemorating the intersection of Holocaust memory between Latvia, Germany and Austria
Services: Website; online database referencing 3984 victims and survivors; historic interactive timeline; search for mass grave containing 800 bodies; production of maps and infographics, immersive AR and VR environments to foster tools of engagement; project blog; exhibition; and memorial development.
Publication: Plavnieks, R. and Frostig, K. (2021). “Jungfernhof Concentration Camp.” In United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, Vol 6. Lohse, A. (Ed.) (forthcoming).
