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
Antisemitism Through Survivor Narratives and Perpetrator Music
September 14, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Join MacArthur Grant-winner Dr. Josh Kun of USC and UCLA's Dr. Todd Presner in our first Scholar Lab webinar focusing on the question "Why the Jews?". Dr. Alexis Lerner will moderate. Free to the public.
To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease
For interviews with the others featured in the film, Edwards utilized the USC Shoah Foundation, which has collected and archived interviews with more than 55,000 testimonies now arrived at the University of Southern California.
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
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