Beyond Nuremberg: Courtroom 600 is a headset-based virtual reality (VR) time-travel experience that challenges users to investigate Holocaust history in relation to the Trial of the Major War Criminals, held before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Courtroom 600 of the Justizpalast in Nuremberg, Germany (1945-46). With the aid of an archivist-guide and feedback loops that support mastery learning, individuals journey through time and across various historic locations to collect, analyze, and contextualize court documents, maps, photographs, objects, and other primary sources related to the Holocaust as perpetrated and experienced in the Occupied Eastern Territories.

Supported by an NEH Digital Projects for the Public Discovery Grant, an international board of scholarly advisors met with the development team in Summer 2019 as part of the iterative design process. The group reviewed early-stage concepts and discussed issues surrounding the adaptation of serious historical subject matter to this medium.