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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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USC Shoah Foundation Launches New IWalk at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan
The USC Shoah Foundation has released a powerful new testimony-based walking tour (IWalk) of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, on its IWalk app ( IOS/ Read More
Call for Applications: Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-Based Pedagogy, 2025-2026
The Education Division of the USC Shoah Foundation—The Institute for Visual History and Education invites applications for their inaugural Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-based Pedagogy for the 2025-2026 academic year. Read More
We Remember György Kun
We are saddened to learn of the passing of György Kun, who gave his testimony in October 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. His daughter, Andrea Szonyis, an educator and former colleague at the USC Shoah Foundation, authored a story in the series "Voices from the Archive” about her father. Read More

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Dana Schwartz (left) with Holocaust survivor Helen Chalef in 2004
Holocaust Survivor Dana Schwartz, 89, Recorded Interviews with More Than 125 Survivors
Urgent Campaign Records Eyewitness Accounts of Antisemitic Terror Attacks in Israel: Interviews with October 7 Survivors Stir Haunting Echoes of the Holocaust

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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