b'IMPACT: KEEPING THE STORYThe Karp Family As Gary and David started families of their own, they became determined that such histories be protected Partnerships are crucial in saving the accounts offor future generations. A key goal of the partnership is to Holocaust survivors and sharing them widely. Via USCprotect the physical integrity of the memories collected by Shoah Foundations Preserving the Legacy Initiative,these two organizations and make them accessible to the Gabriella Karp, a Holocaust survivor, along with her sonsworld by indexing and integrating them into the Visual Gary and David Karp, forged a three-way collaborationHistory Archive (VHA). When testimony is indexed, in which USC Shoah Foundation digitized and preservedscholars using the VHA are able to search for names, more than 1,000 testimonies recorded through thedates and geographic locations within each clip. In this Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) near Detroit andway, indexing allows the life histories within the VHA the University of Michigan-Dearborn Voice/Visionto be mined, ensuring that future generations can learn Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive. directly from survivors, be inspired to stand up to hate and The children of survivors, Gary and Davidcontribute to a society that does not allow such acts to grew up in a household in which the Holocaust wasoccur again.mentioned sparingly by Gabriella and their late fatherTheres nothing more powerful than hearing a Alexander. That reticence to discuss such a painfulfirsthand account, Gary said. We have to make sure that history continued even after Alexander helped foundnone of these important stories get lost.the HMC. But after providing his testimony to USCWe want to make sure that these personal Shoah Foundation, our dad opened up, said Gary, whotestimonials do not fade away, and that theyre preserved continues his fathers legacy by serving as president ofin such a way that we know their lessons will inform and HMCs board.educate generations to come, David added.Holocaust survivors Alexander and Gabriella Karp (middle) pictured with their sons Gary Karp (left) and David Karp (right).2020 ANNUAL REPORT11'