This website is the second component of my capstone, whose goal is to broaden the understanding of spatial and collective memory tied to Jewish heritage sites. This will be done by looking at photographic, spatial, and historical evidence. These factors have shaped the collective identities and memories of Jews throughout the world. This website will navigate you through the experience of the Roman and Lodz ghettos, and their aftermath.

This website will expand upon the historical fates of the Roman and Lodz ghettos and how they carry different spatial and collective implications for Jews today. The website hopes to do this by looking at the different emotional responses between today’s Jewish quarter and the Lodz ghetto memorial. It also hopes to connect the non-Jewish communities to these Jewish heritage sites through a personal understanding and connection of diasporic histories within the viewer’s own culture.

The first component to my capstone is a white paper that lays out the historical background and framework for understanding numerous terms such as collective and spatial memory. The paper compares the two ghettos and how today’s representations of these locations are influenced by collective and spatial memory.

A link to the paper can be found here.