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We commemorate the month of June by spotlighting the LGBTQ+ witnesses and survivors in our Archive, including the stories of witnesses whose survival relied on the aid of people who couldn’t tell their own story.

I listened to my great-grandmother’s genocide testimony; now, I carry her voice

Read our colleague Sedda Antekelian's piece in the Armenian Weekly

Mickey Shapiro, longtime Holocaust remembrance leader, bolsters USC Shoah Foundation’s efforts with $30 million gift

Read our Educational Advisory on the Armenian Genocide

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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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IHRA Convenes Strategic Planning Group

From 17-18 October the political and expert representatives of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Strategic Planning Group gathered in Berlin to finalize the organization’s first draft strategy. Read More

Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies Conference Preview: “Mapping Social Networks and Personal Experiences”

The 1:30-3:30 p.m. panel on the second day of the Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies conference at USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research will gather three scholars who create maps, not of geographic places of genocide, but rather the personal journeys and social networks of survivors as they went on their trajectories through the Holocaust and Cambodian Genocide. Read More

Honoring Holocaust Survivor Authors for National Book Month

Though USC Shoah Foundation specializes in maintaining thousands of recorded testimonies in its Visual History Archive, many of the Institute’s interviewees have also published memoirs and autobiographies. Read More

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