Mountain View, CA – Google, in partnership with 17 museums and institutes from around the world, has launched a revolutionary “Cultural Institute” which contains a digital archive of major events and personalities of the 20th century.
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The AFP reports (http://bit.ly/R0hvuV) that viewers can now learn about landmark figures such as Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela and lesser well-known individuals like Jan Karski, a Polish citizen who helped fight the Nazis and provided early testimony to the Allies about the Holocaust.
The archive contains six million documents, texts, films and photos culled from a variety of sources including the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland; Israel’s Yad Vashem World Centre for Holocaust Research; and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Thus far, the Cultural Institute chronicles 42 different themes, and is expected to greatly expand its offerings in the near future.
The Google Cultural Institute can be viewed at www.google.com/culturalinstitute.