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In 1994 we launched an unprecedented effort to record, preserve, and share the testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Over the past 30 years, we have built a world-class institute anchored in their voices. Learn more about our global impact.
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Latest News

Liliane Weissberg, 2015 Rutman Fellow, Studies Trauma as Narrative in the Visual History Archive
When watching a testimony in the Visual History Archive, Liliane Weissberg pays close attention to the words the survivor is saying, and, just as importantly, to the silences in between those words. Read More
RIPS Math Students Create New and Improved Algorithm for Searching the Visual History Archive
The four undergraduates working with USC Shoah Foundation during the summer Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) program at UCLA presented their new method for achieving more relevant search results in the Visual History Archive to staff on Wednesday. Read More
“Practicing Positive Education” Conference in Australia to Include Keynote and Master Class on Testimony
USC Shoah Foundation Australia Regional Consultant Sarah Warby will speak about the power of teaching with testimony at Knox Grammar School’s Practicing Positive Education conference in Sydney, Aug. 28-29. Read More

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Collections

AJC, USC Shoah Foundation Partner to Document and Map Global Antisemitism
Holocaust Survivor Dana Schwartz, 89, Recorded Interviews with More Than 125 Survivors

Research

Call for Applications: Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Antisemitism Studies, 2025-2026
Call for Applications: Azrieli Research Fellowship for Graduate Students, 2025-2026

Technology

XR Experience “Inside Kristallnacht” Takes Audiences Through Pivotal Moment in Holocaust History
Dimensions in Testimony Education Releases Interview with Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz

Education

Partnership with USC Institute of Armenian Studies Brings Interactive Biographies of Armenian Scholar, Descendants
USC Shoah Foundation Launches New IWalk at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan
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