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"Watchers of the Sky" Reveals Story of Raphael Lemkin, Man Who Coined “Genocide”
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Kaja Finkler on Raphael Lemkin
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Headline
"Watchers of the Sky" Reveals Story of Raphael Lemkin, Man Who Coined “Genocide”
Lemkin is the subject of a new documentary called Watchers of the Sky, now playing in select theaters. It is inspired by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power’s Pulitzer-Prize winning book A Problem from Hell.
(Photo courtesy of Music Box Films)
From the Visual History Archive
Kaja Finkler on Raphael Lemkin
Kaja Finkler speaks admirably of her mother, Golda Finkler, a student of modern thought despite her orthodox Jewish background. Kaja recalls how her mother studied law in pre-war Poland with Raphael Lemkin, who later coined the term genocide. (Pictured Golda Finkler after WWII)
Impact in Profile
Meet Judy LaPietra
Judy LaPietra was one of the first to learn about USC Shoah Foundation’s new educational website, IWitness, and she has remained one of its most avid users.
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Friday, October 17, 2014 - 5:00pm
Lemkin is the subject of a new documentary called "Watchers of the Sky," now playing in select theaters. It is inspired by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power’s Pulitzer-Prize winning book A Problem from Hell.
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 5:00pm
The new activity Growing Up Behind the Barbed Wire at Auschwitz is part of IWitness’s Auschwitz: The Past is Present content to commemorate the upcoming 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s educational resources can help educators observe National Bullying Prevention Month in October by teaching students about acceptance, resilience and other relevant topics.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 5:00pm
For the first time, USC Shoah Foundation has published a lesson that was created by a teacher in the Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century professional development program.
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s academic year programming kicks off next Monday with a screening of the documentary As Seen Through These Eyes, which tells the stories of Holocaust survivors who made art during and after World War II.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 5:00pm
Teachers from across the Netherlands participated in an IWitness training session Oct. 4, held as part of a new partnership between USC Shoah Foundation and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 5:00pm
In the first-ever teacher-authored IWitness activity, Writing in Exile, students close-read poetry as they learn about one woman’s experience during the Holocaust.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s Nanjing Massacre testimony collection more than doubled in size last week when USC Shoah Foundation and Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall conducted 18 new interviews with Nanjing Massacre survivors.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 5:00pm
Jared McBride, the fellowship’s debut recipient, was chosen by a panel of USC researchers and professors for the originality of his proposal and its potential to advance genocide research.
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation chief technology officer Sam Gustman will return to his alma mater, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to give a presentation about the Visual History Archive and the USC Digital Repository on Thursday.
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Blog: Through Testimony
October 17, 2014
I adored my father and admired him greatly. Harold Eisenberg was a good man in every sense of the word. He spoke about his life in Opatow, Poland before World War II and even his experience during the Holocaust, but he also lived very much in the present, working hard to provide for his family.
The business he started after the war became the foundation for much of our extended family’s success. I was named for his mother and his sister, who both perished in the Holocaust, and my father would often look at me tenderly and tell me how much I reminded him of his mother.