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Yevnige Salibian
Language: English
Armenian Genocide survivor Yevnige Salibian speaks about forgiveness and current genocide denial.
George Papanek on Making a Difference
Language: English
Holocaust survivor George Papanek encourages people to "think globally, act locally," and work together to create a better world.
Esther Bem with a Message to the Future
Language: English
Esther Bem desires future generations to know there were some virtuous individuals during the Holocaust, who sacrificed their security and life, in order to help others.
Kizito Kalima on the importance of learning the lesson
Language: English
Rwandan Tutsi Genocide survivor Kizito Kalima shares his hope that people take action to prevent future genocides. He vows to do anything necessary to ensure the world is a safe, peaceful place.
Yevnige Salibian
Language: English
Armenian Genocide survivor Yevnige Salibian speaks about forgiveness and current genocide denial.
Dina Angress remembers Anne Frank
Language: English
Dina Angress knew Anne Frank as a shy and quiet schoolmate in Amsterdam. Even though they weren’t close friends, she speaks on how Anne Frank’s diary was so relatable to her own story. Dina also relates on the importance of tolerance and Holocaust education.
Jean Sothere Ndamyuwera
Language: English
Jean Sothere Ndamyuwera reflects on life after the genocide in Rwanda and the lessons he learned. He also speaks on the importance of tolerance and forgiveness. Jean’s testimony is featured in the IWitness activity, Information Quest: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Arsene Nsabimana on forgiveness
Language: English
Arsene Nsabimana encourages people around the world to stop fighting with one another and be respectful of each other’s differences. Arsene also speaks on his decision to forgive his perpetrators and how forgiveness became a coping mechanism.
Cila Aaron with a message to the future
Language: English
Cila Aaron hopes her children will live in a world full of tolerance and peace.
Michael Abend with a message to the future
Language: English
Michael Abend hopes his testimony will inspire future generations to be more tolerant of each other’s differences. He also adds that the young people throughout the world will recognize genocide warnings and work together to prevent violence against ethnic groups.
Agnes Adachi with a message to the future
Language: English
Agnes Adachi speaks about peace and how we must speak to our children because they are so important in creating a peaceful world.
Leo Bach with a message to the future
Language: English
Leo Bach explains how humanity has a responsibility to stop atrocities like the Holocaust from happening again.
Celina Biniaz with a Message to the Future
Language: English
Celina Biniaz asks future generations to see the good in others to prevent genocides from happening again.
Renée Firestone on the Importance of Tolerance
Language: English
Renée Firestone reflects on the importance of tolerance and hopes that future generations will learn from her testimony, and stand up against prejudice.
Sir Nicholas Winton on his decision to save over 600 children
Language: English
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Sir Nicholas Winton, responsible for organizing the Kindertransport that saved the lives of 669 Jewish children, passed away at the age of 106. Here is his message to the future.
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To view the entire Armenian Genocide Testimony Collection, log into the Visual History Archive Online to explore the full-length eyewitness testimonies.
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On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, listen to the testimonies of 70 Holocaust survivors, drawn from the Visual History Archive at USC Shoah Foundation, as they recall their personal experiences in the Nazi extermination camp.
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Clips of survivors recalling times in their lives during the Holocaust when they still managed to find love.
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The Kristallnacht Pogrom was an organized pogrom against Jews in Germany and Austria that occurred on November 9–10, 1938. Kristallnacht is also known as the November Pogrom, “Night of Broken Glass,” and “Crystal Night.” Orchestrated by the Nazis in retaliation for the assassination of a German embassy official in Paris by a seventeen-year-old Jewish youth named Herchel Grynzspan, 1,400 synagogues and 7,000 businesses were destroyed, almost 100 Jews were killed, and 30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
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This theme focuses on the ways in which survivors observed Jewish holidays in the ghettos and camps.
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This set of clips from the Institute's archive showcases survivors before the camera performing music that helped sustain them during the Holocaust.
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A collection of clips featuring women speaking about their experiences during the Holocaust and that appears in the study guide "Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion," produced in partnership with the United Nations in 2011.
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These are survivors’ accounts of losing loved ones in the midst of genocide.
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These are accounts of life after genocide—including, but not limited to, experiences after liberation from captivity or emergence from hiding—and often includes a message for future generations.
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Liberation is typically characterized by the arrival of Allied forces. Interviewees tell of liberation from concentration camps, or during death marches, or may describe liberation upon emergence from hiding.