The prosecution of Nazi war criminals associated with the Holocaust which started on the 29th Of November 1945 is still continuing today with the help of virtual reality.
Although the Auschwitz version is yet to be used in court. This project led by Ralf Breker has been used in the prosecution of Nazi convict, Reinhold Hanning.
Senior Nazi members received justice shortly after the World War, but those of lower ranks weren’t held responsible. Germany’s Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes established right after the war is still working to find the remaining Nazis.
Chief prosecutor Jens Rommel states emphasizes the importance of the state in prosecuting the defendants. The virtual models can describe what involved would have done or seen. Thus helping the people now see what it was really like.
Mr. Breker is optimistic that the VR can be used in a variety of criminal cases, not just in Germany but also all over the world.
I’m very surprised by the new VR technology. Up until now, the reality of terrors that happened long ago were only imagined or remembered. This meant that we could not fully understand the tangible history of crimes. I think it would be a waste to just allow the VR to be used for crime prosecution. Everything in history, even those that aren’t pretty, have the right to be remembered, and the VR is just the thing we need. Many other tragedies around the world are begging to be left in the mind of people.