b'IMPACT: ANNUAL FUNDSpotlight: Marty and Susan GoldbergShortly after Susie Goldbergs mother, Henriette Shartel, passed in 2016, Susie and her husband Marty made a small donation to USC Shoah Foundation in her honor. Henriettewho was born in Rotterdam in 1928 and at age 14 survived the war hiding with a local family for two yearshad given testimony to USC Shoah Foundation in 1997. Though Susie had visited the Institute before it moved to USC campus in order to obtain a VHS copy of that interview, it wasnt until she took a tour of the Institutes new headquarters in Leavey Library that she had her eyes opened to the full scope of the Institutes work. We were under the impression that the Institute interviewed Holocaust victims and stored the tapes. We had no idea how many people USC Shoah Foundation actually touches, she said. We are thrilled that the testimony and other resources are available to universities, educators and students.Having visited additional genocide museums in Cambodia and Rwanda, the Goldbergs are keenly aware of the generational biases and misconceptions thatWe were under the can lead to hatred centered on differences in culture, nationality, or religion. They see video testimonies housedimpression that the within the Visual History Archive and the educationalInstitute interviewed program IWitness as tools to enable students to have personal experiences with those they may previouslyHolocaust victims and have considered as others, an exposure that helpsstored the tapes. We had build empathysuch as the empathy that motivated a neighboring family to take in Henriette in a dangerousno idea how many people time of need. USC Shoah Foundation In support of the Institutes efforts to developactually touches. empathy, tolerance and respect through the use of testimonies like Henriettes, the Goldbergs have pledgedWe are thrilled that the a five-year gift to the Institutes Annual Fund: We feeltestimony and other with our small support we can help shape a world for our children and grandchildren that will embrace culturalresources are available differences and foster acceptance, rather than repeatingto universities, educators the cycle of hate and prejudice, Susie said. Believing that prior generations were too late or too ill preparedand students. to combat genocide effectively, the Goldbergs gave their gift to ensure USC Shoah Foundation has the resources,Susan Goldbergas Susie said, to help prepare this generation and future generations to prevent it.2020 ANNUAL REPORT29'