News By Year and Month
A Lesson in Kindness
This morning, I stood at attention as our select chorus sang the Star Spangled Banner. Looking at the flag in the middle school auditorium, I paused a moment to feel gratitude for growing up in a…
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Marion Pritchard, rescuer of children during the Holocaust, dies at 96
We at USC Shoah Foundation are saddened to learn about the passing of Marion Pritchard, a Dutch woman of great courage who rescued many Jews during the Holocaust. She was 96.
Born Nov. 7, 1920, in…
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Artwork by Czech Students Displayed for First Time at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
Czech students have watched testimony clips from the Visual History Archive and created original artwork for the past three years as part of a national contest organized by USC Shoah Foundation. On…
Monday, December 19, 2016
USC Shoah Foundation Announces 2017 IWitness Video Challenge That Offers $10,000 in Scholarships and Prizes
The 2016 IWitness Video Challenge winners at the Institute's 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
Middle and high…
Friday, December 16, 2016
A Lasting Legacy Through Testimony
By Zach Larkin
USC Shoah Foundation Intern, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts in History, Class of 2017
Just a few weeks after my Bar Mitzvah, I…
Thursday, December 15, 2016
USC Shoah Foundation Announces ‘100 Days to Inspire Respect’
Borrowing from a tradition set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he assumed office in 1933 and announced an aggressive agenda for his first 100 days, USC Shoah Foundation will offer 100 Days to…
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Apply for 2017 Conference at Center for Advanced Genocide Research: “Digital Approaches to Genocide Research”
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research will follow its groundbreaking 2016 international conference on the Guatemalan Genocide with a conference next year on digital approaches to…
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Documenting History: Survivor of the Nanjing Massacre
On Thursday, Oct. 27th, I witnessed history in the making. Nanjing Massacre survivor Xia Shuqin flew from Nanjing, China to Los Angeles to record a 3-D audiovisual testimony in Mandarin for USC Shoah…
Monday, December 12, 2016
Echoes and Reflections Pilots New Self-Guided Online Professional Development Course
December 15 will mark the beginning of a pilot for a new professional development offering from Echoes and Reflections: a three-hour, self-guided course that teaches educators everything they…
Monday, December 12, 2016
USC Shoah Foundation Honors Mellody Hobson and George Lucas at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
In recognition for their longstanding commitment to humanitarian efforts and education, Mellody Hobson and George Lucas were presented December 8 with the Ambassador for Humanity Award by Steven…
Friday, December 9, 2016
FilmRise and Amazon Acquire Distribution Rights to “Finding Oscar“
Courtesy of Finding Oscar/The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Finding Oscar,…
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The Power of Community: Conquering Hurricane Sandy
On October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy struck my home: New York City, on a cloudy Thursday evening. Sandy had a massive impact on the city that never sleeps. The entire circulatory system, the subways,…
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development Visits USC Shoah Foundation
From left, Kori Street, József Kaposi, Andrea Szőnyi, and Zoltán Pompor at USC Shoah Foundation
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
USC Shoah Foundation Hosts Seminars on Teaching about Human Rights in Ukraine Conflict Areas
Educators from Ukrainian conflict areas attended two seminars led by USC Shoah Foundation Ukrainian consultant Anna Lenchovska and education author Olexander Voitenko.
Lenchovska and Voitenko…
Monday, December 5, 2016
Rutman Fellow Liliane Weissberg to Give Lecture at UPenn
In teaching her course on the Holocaust, Liliane Weissberg imparts one massive idea - survivors survive, but not necessarily intact. Next week, the University of Pennsylvania professor will be giving…
Friday, December 2, 2016
A Lesson in Technology and Humanity
For six months this spring and summer, I had the pleasure of leading a team of staff and volunteers facilitating the beta run of New Dimensions in Testimony (NDT) from USC Shoah Foundation at the…
Friday, December 2, 2016