McMaster University Gains Access to the Institute's Visual History Archive

Branko Lustig (left), and Ari Zev, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Administration.

Branko Lustig addresses the audience at McMaster University's launch event.

McMaster University President Patrick Dean addresses the audience.

Noah Shenker, Postdoctoral Fellow in McMaster University's Archives and Research Collections department, addresses the audience.

Branko Lustig (left), and Noah Shenker.

Branko Lustig (right) greets audience members.

Branko Lustig

From left: Ari Zev, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Administration; Madeleine Levy, Co-Chair of the Holocaust Education Committee, Hamilton Jewish Federation; Branko Lustig, Oscar-winning producer and Holocaust survivor; Patrick Dean, President of McMaster University; and Noah Shenker, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Archives and Research Collections.

McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, has become the first site in Canada with access to the Institute's Visual History Archive (press release). The University hosted an event on November 3 to celebrate the launch of the archive; Branko Lustig, an Oscar-winning film producer and Holocaust survivor whose life story is preserved in the archive, spoke at the event.

Album posted on: November 7, 2011