b'IMPACT:KEEPING THE STORYPreservation andhatred and intolerance. This year, a consortium of more than 40 Hungarian academic institutions - universities, Access: Visual Historymuseums and public libraries - subscribed to the Visual History Archive, amounting to the largest-ever quarterly Archive Expansion jump of access sites to the worlds largest repository of As home to 55,000 survivor and witness testimonies,video testimonies of witnesses to genocide.the Visual History Archive is the engine that powersUSC Shoah Foundations USC Shoah Foundations mission to develop empathy,commitment to using understanding and respect through testimony. Throughtestimony to fight antisemitism the Institutes partnership with ProQuest, weveand historical revisionism in established new Visual History Archive access sites at universities, museums and libraries across the globe,Hungary is vital. Irina and I each new site enriching the connections between people,strongly believe in this work, between cultures and between a shared history ofand are proud to play a humanitys struggle against evil.part in fostering awareness, Institute staff are especially proud of the Visual History Archives expansion in Hungary where, in a timecompassion and action. of rising tension and political turmoil, the support of theGeorge Schaeffer, The George & Irina Schaeffer family has enabled the Institute to advanceSchaeffer Hall for Genocide Studyimportant work to teach empathy as well as resistance to NEW SITE The installations of USC Shoah Foundations Visual History Archive at Harvard, NYU and Oxford will unleash the power of testimony at some of the worlds most esteemed institutions. The rapid rise of racism, hatred and violence is unacceptable. We need to increase our support to combat antisemitism and other acts of violence against humanity. We are all morally responsible to better the world in our communities and around the world. Ceci Chan, Executive Committee Member, Board of Councilors14 2019 ANNUAL REPORT'