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Holocaust Testimonies Inspire Art and Writing in 15th Annual School Contest
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George Weiss
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Holocaust Testimonies Inspire Art and Writing in 15th Annual School Contest
Holocaust survivor testimonies from the Visual History Archive inspired heartfelt works of art, writing and film from students across America in Chapman University and The 1939 Society’s Holocaust Art & Writing Contest.
(Pictured: First place middle school art "Never Again" by Hailey Shi)
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From the Visual History Archive
George Weiss
George Weiss reflects on the shame he felt when he wore the compulsory yellow star of David to school, which he attended only for a year because he was forced into hiding in Nazi-occupied Belgium.
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Impact in Profile
Meet Brandon Barr
As an IWitness regional consultant, Brandon Barr sees firsthand the impact testimony can have on both students and teachers.
(Pictured: Barr, left, and IWitness consultant Michelle Clark)
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Monday, March 10, 2014 - 4:36pm
Holocaust survivor testimonies from the Visual History Archive inspired heartfelt works of art, writing and film from students across America in Chapman University and The 1939 Society’s Holocaust Art & Writing Contest.
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 4:29pm
The winners of Student Voices 2014 were Syuzanna Petrosyan and Greg Irwin for their film Play for Your Life. Shirin Raban’s There is No Other Way received the viewer’s choice award and Rebecca Baugh’s Love, Noemi received an honorable mention.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 4:31pm
Hungarian educators were enthusiastic about learning new methods for teaching with video testimony at USC Shoah Foundation’s first iTeach teacher education seminar last week.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 4:27pm
A special delegation of staff and supporters of the USC Shoah Foundation will visit Rwanda this April during the 20th commemoration of the Rwanda Tutsi Genocide to learn about the Institute’s work in Rwanda, reinforce their commitment, and share the experience with others.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 4:30pm
Visitors to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles can now explore testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation within the museum’s core exhibition, Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America.
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 4:46pm
They do their work for IWitness all over the country, but this weekend the IWitness regional consultants came together for a seminar at the USC Shoah Foundation.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 4:19pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s newest testimony collection, the Nanjing Massacre, is now fully integrated and viewable in the Visual History Archive.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 4:33pm
For help researching the deportation of Jews in France during the Holocaust, French scholars turned to the USC Shoah Foundation and its French liaison Emmanuel Debono.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:10pm
The ethics of studying Holocaust medical experiments will be the topic of conversation at the first-ever Zygo Student Lunchtime Series panel Friday at 12:30 p.m in USC Doheny Memorial Library room G28.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 4:18pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s work in Poland has come a long way since filming of founder Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List began in Krakow in 1993. Today, it is an important site for USC Shoah Foundation's testimony-based educational programs and resources.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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March 5, 2014
The other morning I checked the BBC News website like I always do only to discover that French film director Alain Resnais had passed away at the age of ninety-one. Resnais’s films frequently explored the relationship between memory, consciousness, and the imagination in a non-linear manner and his innovative method of filmmaking won him numerous awards and prestige throughout his prolific career.