Block 27 – Interwar Jewish Life
360° Immersive Installation
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
The installation was created as part of the permanent Israeli exhibition SHOAH in Block 27 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, developed by Yad Vashem within the historic site.
Positioned within a larger curatorial sequence, the work focuses on Jewish life in Europe between the First and Second World Wars — restoring presence before the exhibition moves toward destruction and remembrance.
Developed in close collaboration with curators, historians and archival experts, the installation is composed exclusively of authentic archival materials. Over nearly three years of research and refinement, historical footage and imagery were assembled into an eight-minute immersive composition.
The work occupies a 5×20 meter hall and unfolds as a spatial choreography rather than a continuous spectacle. Twenty-seven projections and a distributed multi-channel sound system create shifting focal points within the space, allowing visitors to inhabit an environment rather than observe it from a distance.
No narration.
No text.
No text.
The installation functions as a rehumanizing threshold within the exhibition — approached with restraint, precision and responsibility.
