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You CAN Go Home Again, Part 2

In the spring of 2000, I agreed to become the president and chief executive officer of Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, the predecessor of USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for…

Monday, March 31, 2014

New IWitness Activities Focus on the Experience of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Students and teachers can commemorate April’s Genocide Awareness Month and the 20th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda by completing two new IWitness activities. IWitness…

Monday, March 31, 2014

Oral History Turns Holographic

Pinchas Gutter sits in a red chair surrounded by bright green fabric under the glare of several thousand LED lights, 53 cameras capturing his every move. This is the world's first ever full-life…

Friday, March 28, 2014

Students Host Genocide Awareness Month at USC

The student members of the Shoah Foundation Institute Student Association (SFISA), USC STAND, and other groups will host a full line-up of events this April to commemorate Genocide Awareness Month at…

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Doug Greenberg Lecture Reveals Untold Story of the Holocaust in Wolyn

In her testimony in the Visual History Archive, Holocaust survivor Bronia Hatfield cannot hide her anger. One of the worst slaughters of the Holocaust happened in her home of Wolyn and no one seems…

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation in Bookstores Today

The new book, published today, take readers deep into the making of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation.Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation will be…

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

My Experience as a Teacher with the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive

On the day the Visual History Archive access site in Prague - the Malach Center for Visual History - was inaugurated I decided that my school, Archbishop High School in Prague, could not ignore it…

Monday, March 24, 2014

Senior Fellow Doug Greenberg To Give Lecture on Jews of Wolyn at 6 p.m. PST

USC Shoah Foundation Senior Institute Fellow Douglas Greenberg will deliver a talk about his research tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. on the USC campus, Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) Forum, Room 450. The…

Friday, March 21, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation and Steven Spielberg to Host President Barack Obama as Featured Speaker at 20th Anniversary Gala

LOS ANGELES, CA — March 20, 2014 — On May 7, 2014, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will gather in Los Angeles for its 20th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity…

Friday, March 21, 2014

Announcing the IWitness Video Challenge Regional Winners

The regional winners of the IWitness Video Challenge were inspired by Holocaust survivor testimony to serve food to the needy, speak out for immigration reform, hold a book drive for kids and more…

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Spotlight on Hungary

Home to several of USC Shoah Foundation’s most innovative educational programs, Hungary is a crucial site for the Institute’s work outside the United States.The Visual History Archive contains 786…

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Virtuális Találkozások Túlélőkkel és Szemtanúkkal

Holokauszt túlélők és szemtanúk visszaemlékezései vezetik végig a diákokat az egykori gettó területén és más emlékhelyeken új oktatási programunkban (IWalks)Az IWalks elnevezésű új, videóinterjúkra…

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

You CAN Go Home Again

Over the last six weeks, I have had the unique opportunity to be the Senior Fellow at USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education. It’s been an honor for me to be here,…

Monday, March 17, 2014

Holocaust Testimony Guides IWalks Through Budapest’s Jewish Quarter and Other Memorial Sites

The footsteps of Holocaust survivors come to life in IWalks, USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive testimony-based educational program.IWalk is an interactive educational program that connects concrete…

Monday, March 17, 2014

Two USC Shoah Foundation Documentaries to Screen at New Film Festival

The first-ever Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival will show two USC Shoah Foundation documentaries in its Spotlight on Human Loss March 16 and 17 in New York City.Rated SR Socially Relevant…

Friday, March 14, 2014

Israeli Ambassador to Hungary Observes Testimony Lesson at USC Shoah Foundation Partner School

His Excellency Ilan Mor, Israeli Ambassador to Hungary, observed a lesson taught by a Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century graduate at Berzsenyi Dániel High School, a USC Shoah Foundation…

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Eric Kabera Talks Post-Genocide Filmmaking at Finding Hillywood Screening

Following a screening of Finding Hillywood, a documentary about the birth of the Rwandan film industry, Rwandan film pioneer Eric Kabera spoke about making movies 20 years after the genocide in a Q…

Thursday, March 13, 2014

JFCS San Francisco’s Day of Learning to Feature Testimony Workshop

Students and teachers from all over the Bay Area will attend a workshop about USC Shoah Foundation testimony and IWitness at Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) of San Francisco’s annual Day…

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

High Tech High North County Pilots New IWitness Activity

A class of 10th graders at High Tech High North County in San Marcos, Calif., experienced IWitness for the first time in a pilot of the newest IWitness activity 1936 Olympics: Race, Politics and…

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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…

Monday, March 10, 2014

Students and Jury Discuss Winning Films at Student Voices Award Ceremony

The Student Voices Short Film Contest concluded Thursday night with the presentation of the jury and viewer’s choice awards to the finalists and their films.The winners of Student Voices 2014 were…

Friday, March 7, 2014

“I entered a door and other doors opened up”: ITeach Launches in Hungary

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.The seminar – the first…

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Staff and Supporters Embarking on Mission to Rwanda This April

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…

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

How Resnais’s Night and Fog Influenced My Ph.D.

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…

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

„Egy kapun beléptem, s újabb kapuk nyíltak ki”: Megkezdődött az ITeach - a videóinterjúk használatára épülő egynapos tanártovábbképzés

2014. március 1-jén a Zachor Alapítvány a Társadalmi Emlékezetért (www.zachor.hu) civil oktatási szervezet és a Dél-Kaliforniai Egyetem (USC) Soá Alapítványának (http://sfi.usc.edu/international…

Wednesday, March 5, 2014