Talk: Citizen Science and Digital Memory - Building Gestapo.Terror.Places

https://etcl.uvic.ca/2025/09/03/nuts-and-bolts-citizen-science-collective-memory-and-gestapo-terror-places/

[AI-Generated Summary]: Lambert Heller (TIB Open Science Lab) presents on building Gestapo.Terror.Places, a collaborative digital public history platform mapping Gestapo terror sites across Lower Saxony (1933-1945). The project integrates archival sources with linked open data (Wikidata, OpenStreetMap) using Wikibase, emphasizing open GLAM principles and citizen science for collective memory work.

Event Details

  • Speaker: Lambert Heller, Head of Open Science Lab at TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
  • Location: ETCL, UVic Libraries (McPherson Library, 3rd Floor, Room A314)
  • Format: 45-minute talk + informal Q&A
  • Registration: Not required – drop in welcome
  • Part of: ETCL Nuts and Bolts series

About the Project

Gestapo.Terror.Places is a collaborative research and public-memory initiative mapping sites and infrastructure of Gestapo terror across present-day Lower Saxony (1933–1945).