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Do you know a Holocaust survivor or witness?

We are currently recording survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust. If you are a survivor or know someone who is, we would love to hear from you. We are also looking for interviewers.

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Upcoming Events

28
Mar
‘I did not want to die without having kissed a woman’: Queer Desire in the Holocaust
USC Shoah Foundation Event
Dr. Anna Hájková, pioneer of queer Holocaust history, will discuss why including queer narratives is crucial to developing a deeper understanding of Nazi persecution and societal resistance.…
  • March 28, 2024
  • Online Event
04
Apr
The Women on Stieve’s List: Anatomy, Nazi Victims, Legacies
USC Shoah Foundation Event
Second lecture in the Recovering Victims' Voices series. …
  • April 4, 2024
  • Online Event
08
Apr
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History
USC Shoah Foundation Event
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Dan Stone (Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London), 2023-2024 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence. Join us in person for this...
  • April 8, 2024
  • Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240, 3550 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States

Latest News

For years, Celina Biniaz, one of the youngest people saved by Oskar Schindler, did not tell anyone – not even her children – that she was a Holocaust survivor. She feared no one could comprehend what she had been through, and she didn’t want to impose the trauma of her childhood upon her son and daughter. Read More
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 11:20am
Shaul Ladany, an 88-year-old world-record holding speed-walker, has defied death multiple times. As a small child, he survived the German occupation of Budapest and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Then, representing Israel in the 1972 Munich Olympics, he narrowly escaped the massacre that took the lives of 11 Israeli athletes. Read More
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 11:20am
In October 1942, when deportations from the Warsaw ghetto paused, more than 20 youth groups and underground units coalesced into a united front. Vladka Meed channeled her despair at losing her family into fighting the Nazis. Read More
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 10:40am
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