[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).
- Project website: https://www.gestapo-terror-orte.de/
- TIB project overview: Project