In the virtual reality film “Walk to Westerbork,” Holocaust survivor Rodi Glass returns to Amsterdam to relive her childhood under Nazi Germany’s regime.

At the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s satellite location, 360 N. State St., visitors will feel as if they’ve been transported back in time alongside Glass and her family.

The film begins with a joyful, animated recreation of Glass’ fifth birthday party. Seated next to one of her family members, you’ll feel the joy of the moment suspended in time before her life is flipped upside down.

You’ll make the emotional and excruciating trek with the family to Camp Westerbork, a concentration camp in northeastern Netherlands, and experience the tight barracks filled with prisoners.

And you’ll feel anxious and inclined to hold

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