News By Year and Month
Holocaust survivor reunites with family that hid her in a cellar
When 78-year-old Alain Quatreville and 86-year-old Charlotte Adelman met up in November, they were almost at a loss for words. They hadn’t seen each other in three-quarters of a century.
“What can…
Friday, December 21, 2018
Our Top Stories of 2018
USC Shoah Foundation plays major role at U.N. commemoration of genocide laws
Friday, December 7, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive…
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Jean-Marc Dreyfus Lecture Summary: Corpses of the Holocaust
By Badema Pitic, VHA Program Coordinator, Center for Advanced Genocide Research
Jean-Marc Dreyfus, the 2018-2019 Center Research Fellow, gave a public lecture last month about his…
Thursday, December 20, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation founder Steven Spielberg discusses Institute’s expanded mission in NYT interview
USC Shoah Foundation founder Steven Spielberg discusses the Institute’s past and future in a New York Times article published today.
In the article, “Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to…
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Storytelling is a valuable tool in teaching about the dangers of genocide
Storytelling and personal narrative are indispensable tools when educating young people about the dangers of genocide, a USC Shoah Foundation fellow told an international audience during a speech at…
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
How USC Shoah Foundation inspires me
This blog post was written by Thom Melcher, co-chair of USC Shoah Foundation’s Next Generation Council, shortly after the Institute’s Ambassadors for Humanity Gala last month in Los Angeles.
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Monday, December 17, 2018
New Perspectives on Kristallnacht (Summary)
New Perspectives on Kristallnacht: After 80 Years, the Nazi Pogrom in Global Comparison
November 5-7, 2018
The Center’s 2018 international conference “New Perspectives on Kristallnacht: After…
Friday, December 14, 2018
Call for Applications: 2019-2020 USC-Yale Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Call for Applications
2019-2020 USC-Yale Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Deadline: February 28, 2019
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale…
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Call for Applications: 2019-2020 Center Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Call for Applications
2019-2020 Center Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Deadline: February 28, 2019
The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide…
Thursday, December 13, 2018
In memory of Selma Engel, one of the few to survive Sobibor
We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of Selma Engel, who, after becoming one of the few people to escape the Sobibor death camp in Poland during the Holocaust, immediately began telling the…
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Jean-Marc Dreyfus Lecture Summary
Jean-Marc Dreyfus (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
2018-2019 Center Research Fellow
“Corpses of the Holocaust”
November 13, 2018
Jean-Marc Dreyfus, the 2018-2019 Center…
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation testimony on antisemitism featured at launch conference by EU Fundamental Rights Agency for major antisemitism survey
A reel of testimony clips from USC Shoah Foundation was featured Monday at a European Union conference to release and discuss the results of a major survey that sheds light on the experiences and…
Monday, December 10, 2018
Stephen Smith to speak in Hong Kong about technology
USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith will talk about how technology reshapes education in Hong King next week at the Yidan Prize Summit 2018.
Smith will be part of a…
Friday, December 7, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation plays major role at U.N. commemoration of genocide laws
USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith participated Friday at a special event at the United Nations marking the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the international…
Friday, December 7, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation to join United Nations Commemoration of Genocide Laws in Live Streamed Event.
USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith will participate in a panel discussion Friday at a special event at the United Nations marking the 70th anniversary of the adoption of…
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Nearly 10,000 students see ‘Schindler’s List’ in free educational screenings
Nearly 10,000 high school students from across the country watched "Schindler's List" in free educational screenings this week in advance of the Academy Award-winning film’s big-screen rerelease on…
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Marking the 85th Anniversary of the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine
Eighty-five years ago, millions of residents of Ukraine were starved to death as a result of the Soviet-era policies under Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
The man-made famine of 1932-1933,…
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Survivors and Soldiers: Revolutionary Technology Preserves Living Testimony of Soviet Jewish Experience of Holocaust and WWII
LOS ANGELES – Thanks to a new partnership between USC Shoah Foundation and Genesis Philanthropy Group (GPG), the experiences of Russian-speaking Jews during the Holocaust and World War II…
Monday, December 3, 2018
Kristallnacht conference convened scholars from around the world
Scholars from around the world presented groundbreaking research about Kristallnacht during an academic conference hosted by USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research.
“New…
Friday, November 30, 2018