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Melinda Goldrich Named Chair of the USC Shoah Foundation Board of Councilors

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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International Teaching Fellow and Texas A&M Teaching Fellow Discuss Teaching with Testimony in Facebook Live Interview

Daniel Conway, Texas A&M University, and Nancy Sinkoff, Rutgers University, have both been in residence at the Center for Advanced Genocide Research this week. Read More

Testimonies Train Teachers to Conduct Cultural Sensitivity Workshops in Ukraine

Educators learned how Holocaust survivor testimonies from the Visual History Archive can help them teach early conflict prevention and cultural sensitivity at a workshop led by USC Shoah Foundation’s Ukrainian regional consultant, Anna Lenchovska. Read More

The History and Significance of August 2, Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

The need for continued memorialization of the fate of the Roma and Sinti population of Europe has never been more important. Read More

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