News By Year and Month

In memory of Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor Magda Weiss

USC Shoah Foundation is saddened by the loss of Holocaust survivor Magda Weiss, who died Jan. 16. She was 95. Born June 21, 1923, in Olcsva, Hungary, Weiss and her family were sent to the…

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Lecture: Women victims of sexual violence during ethnic genocides often thought of as ‘vessels for nationalism’

Immediately before a massacre of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks, the husband of Armenian survivor Aghavnie Der Sarkissian touched her pregnant belly and urged her to keep their family…

Monday, January 28, 2019

Responding to the wolves of hate

The controversial standoff between a tribal elder and a high school student that went viral has captivated the media and those on all sides of the political aisle. While all the details are still…

Monday, January 28, 2019

Butterfly Project brings Holocaust awareness project to Germany

USC Shoah Foundation joined a classroom event in Germany on Friday in which fifth- and sixth-graders showcased their contributions to The Butterfly Project, an international effort by schoolchildren…

Friday, January 25, 2019

Virginia Bullington lectures about discussions of sexual violence in female survivor testimonies

“The Stories We Tell: Narratives of Sexual Violence and Concepts of Gender in Post-Genocide Societies” Virginia Bullington (USC undergraduate, Narrative Studies) 2018 Beth and Arthur Lev Student…

Friday, January 25, 2019

Marion Kaplan Named the 2018-2019 Shapiro Scholar in Residence

Professor Marion Kaplan, world-renowned scholar of German-Jewish history, will serve as the 2018-2019 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced…

Friday, January 25, 2019

Swedish History Museum becomes first European museum to exhibit Dimensions in Testimony

Dimensions in Testimony made its debut in a European museum at a ceremony on Thursday, when the Swedish History Museum launched “Speaking Memories, The Last Witnesses of the Holocaust,” an exhibit by…

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Documentary film chronicles a Jewish group’s dangerous mission to collect evidence of Nazi atrocities in Warsaw Ghetto

Some of the Jews who resisted the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto famously took up arms. Emanuel Ringelblum secretly collected documents. “Who Will Write Our History,” a newly released documentary…

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Call for Applications: Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship Summer 2019

Call for Applications Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship Summer 2019 The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide…

Thursday, January 17, 2019

USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Join Forces to Empower Students to Counter Hate Offering $10,000 in Scholarships and Prizes with ‘Stronger Than Hate Challenge’

Silver Spring, Md. (Wednesday, January 16, 2019) – In an effort to spark a social movement against hatred in all forms, USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of…

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Holocaust Museum Houston opens award-winning ‘Dimensions in Testimony’ exhibit featuring Houston-area Holocaust Survivor William J. Morgan

HOUSTON (Jan. 11, 2019) -- Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) today opened USC Shoah Foundation’s Dimensions in Testimony exhibition, featuring Houston-area Holocaust survivor William…

Friday, January 11, 2019