Our mission is to develop empathy, understanding and respect through testimony
100 Days to Inspire Respect & Hope
Week 12: Countering Violence and Extremism
This week’s theme focuses on Countering Violence and Extremism. In this clip from the Visual History Archive, Professor Mohammed Dajani Daoudi addresses the importance of reconciliation.
Upcoming Events
15
Apr
Identity, Belonging, Legacy: How Testimony Makes Us Stronger Than Hate
Genocide Awareness Month Event
Explore the ways that our lives can be shaped by the experiences of our ancestors through the power of firsthand testimonies.…
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April 15, 2021
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Online Event
15
Apr
Teaching About Genocide: An Interactive Lesson for Students
Echoes & Reflections Event
Holocaust education is a powerful pathway to commemorate and educate about past genocides and events occurring in the world today such as human rights violations. To honor Genocide Awareness Month, teachers and their students are invited to participate in this interactive webinar, and engage in activities from the Echoes & Reflections Teaching...
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April 15, 2021
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Online Event
20
Apr
We Are The Tree of Life : Carry On Preview Screening
USC Shoah Foundation Event
To announce the We Are The Tree of Life performing arts project, we are screening a short video that showcases some of the art created during the Holocaust and features Dr. Edith Eva Eger’s life story as a dancer.…
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April 20, 2021
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Online Event
21
Apr
How the Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars Bear Witness
Center for Advanced Genocide Research Event
In this lecture, Alan Rosen considers the special manner of witness found in Holocaust-era calendars composed in ghettos, in camps, and in hiding. The marking of fast days and festivals tell a remarkable story; the form, organization, and languages of the calendars convey a related one. And as with testimony in general, what is omitted—a date or a...
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April 21, 2021
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Online, United States
28
Apr
Are ‘Bad Jews’ Nones? Exploring the Limits of Belonging on Twitter
USC Stronger Than Hate Program
The Casden Faculty and Graduate Student Research Seminar invite you to a discussion with Jennifer Thompson, Maurice Amado Professor of Applied Jewish Ethics and Civic Engagement, California State University, Northridge…
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April 28, 2021
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Online Event
Latest News
We are very saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Irving Roth on February 16, 2021, at the age of 91. A survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, Roth was a dedicated educator and author who taught generations of people around the world about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 3:17pm
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Walter Mason on Liberating Buchenwald
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Theary Seng, Cambodian genocide survivor
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Creative Storytelling
Our storytelling projects are both based on and inspired by the more than 55,000 testimonies in the Institute’s archive. They offer a deeper look into the emotional complexities of our survivor stories and told through the written word, video, audio and photography. They are opportunities to explore the impact that these voices have and the way in which testimony drives our understanding of conflict and grief as well as resilience, resistance and hope.

Together We Are Stronger Than Hate
Stronger Than Hate, an initiative that draws on the power of eyewitness testimony to help students and the general public recognize and counter antisemitism, racism, xenophobia and other forms of hatred.

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