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Quo Vadis, Aida?

A Special Screening of the LUX Audience Award Winner

Free Admission. RSVP Required. 
September 01, 2022 @ 7:00 pm | Free Admission. RSVP Required.

The European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, D.C. and Outside the Box [Office], in cooperation with the USC Schwarzenegger Institute and USC Shoah Foundation, invite you and a guest to attend a screening of Quo Vadis, Aida? written & directed by Jasmila Zbanic, and produced by Damir Ibrahimovich and Jasmila Zbanic.

Details:
Start: September 01, 2022 / 7:00 PM
Cost: Free Admission. RSVP Required.
Where: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, Los Angeles, CA
Venue:
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108
900 W. 34th Street, George Lucas Building, School of Cinematic Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 90007, United States
price: Free Admission. RSVP Required.
The Willesden Project in Warsaw, Poland
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Antisemitism Through Survivor Narratives and Perpetrator Music

Oskar Schindler’s Factory Added to USC Shoah Foundation IWalk App

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USC Shoah Foundation Launches 500th IWitness Activity with “In Lisa's Footsteps” Virtual IWalk

Wed, 08/10/2022 - 10:00am

USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 500th IWitness activity with release of In Lisa's Footsteps, a primary level IWalk based on Mona Golabek’s acclaimed The Children of Willesden Lane books.

In Lisa's Footsteps tells the story of Golabek’s mother, Lisa Jura, a young Holocaust survivor who in 1938 escaped from Vienna to London on the Kindertransport.

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USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research Will Host the 2024 International Network of Genocide Scholars Convention

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 6:30pm
In recognition of its pioneering work advancing Holocaust and Genocide Studies since its inception in 2014, the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research has been awarded the honor of hosting the next biennial meeting of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS). The INoGS 9th International Conference on Genocide will take place in June 2024 at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and coincide with the Center’s 10-year anniversary celebration.
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USC Shoah Foundation to host two summer events in Aspen, Colorado

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 11:30am

USC Shoah Foundation today presents the first of two events in Aspen, Colorado hosted by Melinda Goldrich, a prominent member of the Aspen philanthropic community who serves on USC Shoah Foundation’s Board of Councilors’ Executive Committee.

Event Details

(In-)Voluntary Body Alterations During and After Mass Violence and Genocide

Free Event. RSVP Required. 
September 08, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - September 08, 2022 @ 1:30 pm | Free Event. RSVP Required.

A public lecture by the 2022-2023 Interdisciplinary Research Week team
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)

Details:
Start: September 08, 2022 / 12:00 PM
End: September 08, 2022 / 1:30 PM
Cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
Where: Social Sciences Building, Room 250, Los Angeles, CA
Venue:
Social Sciences Building, Room 250
3502 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
price: Free Event. RSVP Required.

“I’m Just Acting, But This Was Her Real Life”

Title actress in My Name Is Sara found courage and empathy in playing Holocaust survivor

Thu, 08/04/2022 - 12:27pm
Zuzanna Surowy plays the title role of Holocaust survivor Sara Gorálnik in the film My Name Is Sara
Zuzanna Surowy plays the title role of Holocaust survivor Sara Gorálnik in the film My Name Is Sara

When Zuzanna Surowy needed to make herself cry as the lead actress in the Holocaust-era feature film My Name Is Sara, she followed the advice of her co-star to “put a demon inside of her” – to imagine something so tragic it would bring tears to her eyes.

It was much harder for Surowy, then 15, to follow the second half of that directive: to leave the demon on the set.

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