Christopher Browning's Lecture on the Use of Testimony in Genocide Research
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Christopher Browning Talks About the Changing Attitudes of Witness Testimony in Genocide Studies

Thu, 03/29/2018 - 6:18pm
Despite the testimony of many witnesses to his Nazi-era crimes, Walther Becker walked out of a German courtroom a free man. The judge in the case – who was later revealed to have his own Nazi sympathies – gave little credence to survivor testimony when he handed down his 1972 verdict.
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Detroit Philanthropists Honor USC Shoah Foundation Board of Councilors Member Mickey Shapiro

Thu, 12/21/2017 - 11:59am

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Omer Bartov Gives Shapiro Scholar Lecture on "Anatomy of a Genocide"

Mon, 05/08/2017 - 5:00pm
Bartov centered his discussion on how the East Galician town of Buczacz was transformed from a site of coexistence – where Poles, Ukrainians and Jews had all lived side-by-side for centuries – into a site of genocide during World War II.
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Omer Bartov Discusses Research, Testimony and Future of Holocaust Scholarship in Facebook Live Interview

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 5:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s 2017 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence Omer Bartov began his residence today with a Facebook Live interview about his work.
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Board Member Mickey Shapiro Endows Academic Research Fellowship

Tue, 12/22/2015 - 5:00pm
Mickey Shapiro at the 2015 Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Detroit
Mickey Shapiro at the 2015 Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Detroit
Longtime USC Shoah Foundation board member Mickey Shapiro has given a gift to fund an endowed research fellowship program at the Institute’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research in honor of his parents, Sara and Asa Shapiro, who both survived the Holocaust.
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USC Shoah Foundation Board Member Mickey Shapiro Endows Academic Research Fellowship in Parents’ Honor

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21, 2015 – Longtime USC Shoah Foundation board member Mickey Shapiro has given a gift to fund an endowed research fellowship program at the Institute’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research in honor of his parents, Sara and Asa Shapiro, who both survived the Holocaust.

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