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Nearly 1,000 Assets from Genocide Archive of Rwanda Incorporated into IWitness
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Rose Kohn
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Nearly 1,000 Assets from Genocide Archive of Rwanda Incorporated into IWitness
Students using IWitness can now explore nearly 1,000 historical documents, photographs, publications and additional testimonies to contextualize their learning about the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide.
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From the Visual History Archive
Rose Kohn
Rose Kohn remembers how her mother’s life was spared during the camp selection process in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Rose and her mother, Mary were then transferred to Bergen-Belsen. Mary and her daughter survived several concentration camps together and after liberation immigrated to the United States. Pictured: Railroad track near Auschwitz.
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Meet David Tomkins
David Tomkins’ students will learn about global rhetorics of survival through testimonies from the Visual History Archive following Tomkins’ teaching fellowship this summer at the USC Shoah Foundation.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 4:33pm
Students using IWitness can now explore nearly 1,000 historical documents, photographs, publications and video testimonies to contextualize their learning about the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 5:00pm
Bruce Springsteen will perform at the USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala on May 7, 2014 in Los Angeles. Conan O'Brien will host the event, with special guest Liam Neeson.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 4:30pm
The first-ever winner of the IWitness Video Challenge has been chosen: Voices of Our Journey, by Ruth Hernandez.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 4:24pm
All over the world, Jewish survivors of the Holocaust era are giving testimony – but not for USC Shoah Foundation’s original collection of over 51,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies. Instead, they are the first participants of the new Testimonies of North Africa and the Middle East project.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 4:33pm
Forty-nine universities and museums around the world now have full access to the Visual History Archive. The Visual History Archive's 52,000 testimonies will be available to members of the University of Vienna - faculty and students - for the purposes of teaching, studying and research.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:30pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s 2014 teaching and research fellowships have been awarded to professors and students from a diverse range of disciplines, including writing, anthropology, law and history.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 4:40pm
More than 30 hours of content will be available for free through Xfinity On Demand, Xfinity TV Go app and online in conjunction with the U.S. National Days of Remembrance.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 4:31pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s mission to Rwanda ends Tuesday after the delegation attended the Kwibuka20 commemoration ceremony and delved into USC Shoah Foundation’s work in education and archive-building.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 4:37pm
The footsteps of Holocaust survivors will come to life in iWalks, USC Shoah Foundation’s new interactive testimony experience in Czech Republic now available on the USC Shoah Foundation website.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 4:32pm
USC Shoah Foundation’s executive director Stephen Smith and managing director Kim Simon will participate in the Kigali International Forum on Genocide this week, part of Rwanda’s Kwibuka20 commemoration.
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As a writer fascinated by literary and political theory on history and memory, I watched students from Camino Nuevo High School interview Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter while I sat in awe witnessing the past and future intersect before my eyes.