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The USC Shoah Foundation Leadership Workshop—Action and Values
This summer, USC Shoah Foundation education team hosted their annual Leadership Workshop—Action and Values presented by the William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program.
The workshop calls for…
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Remembering Holocaust survivor Sol Gringlas
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Sol Gringlas, who survived both the Nordhausen and Auschwitz concentration camps.
Sol passed away in May of 2020. He was 100.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Families of Survivors Keeping Memories Alive Through Art
Wilma Bulkin Siegel was seven years old in 1945 when her father took her to the movies to watch newsreels of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
“Why couldn’t I have done something about…
Thursday, September 24, 2020
USC Shoah Foundation Launches New Partnership with JewishGen.org
USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with JewishGen.org, an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, to integrate an index of data from nearly 50…
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
2020 Stronger Than Hate Challenge Winners Exemplify the Power of Youth Voices to Overcome Hate
USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education announced the winners of the 2020 Stronger Than Hate Challenge. The Challenge and the 2020 winners exemplify the power of youth voices to connect…
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Allison Somogyi lectures about discourses surrounding sexual violence in post-war testimonies
“Walking a Fine Line: Hungarian-Jewish Survivors and the Discourse Surrounding Sexual Violence in Postwar Testimonies”
Allison Somogyi
USC-Yale Postdoctoral Research Fellow
August 27, 2020
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Survey Shows Holocaust Education and Survivor Testimony Has Profound Impacts
A new national survey administered by Lucid Collaborative LLC and YouGov shows that Holocaust education in high school reflects gains not only in historical knowledge but also manifests in…
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
A USC student was told her Zionism ‘made her complicit in racism’ — Read the OpEd by Stephen Smith
Read our executive director's opinion in the Forward.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Tribute to Arnold Spielberg
Arnold Spielberg relaxes with USC Shoah Foundation Founding Executive Director June Beallor and Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman
By Sam Gustman
I have been the Chief Technology…
Wednesday, September 2, 2020