Photo Gallery
A look into life at the Institute
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Timeline: 30 Years of the Institute
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Our Journey
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Behind the Scene
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Remembering Kia Hays
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2021
Beth Meyerowitz
The Willesden Project to Share - picts
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2021
Claire Denault, in 2015, her second year in the program
Junior Interns Claire Denault and Gabriel Hackel, shown here with survivor Paula Lebovics in 2015, were accepted to USC
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Armenia
Testimony and Textiles
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2020
Submitted by Cathy Sherman Ostrow
USC Shoah Foundation Family Album Project
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Kristen Gianaris: What is Home
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Erica Robins: What is Home
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2019
Councilor Member Robert Katz with Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith
Our Councilors
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2019
Day 1 (June 17, 2019): Day one of the USC Shoah Foundation’s William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program kicked off with middle and high school students discussing agency, leadership and the importance of being an upstander in their communities. Later, they got to meet Stephen D. Smith, the executive director of the Institute, who spoke about the power storytelling through testimony.
2019 Summer Junior Interns
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2019
Board of Councilors Chair Lee Liberman (second left) with Kim Simon, Kori Street and Stephen Smith
Lee Liberman, Chair of Board of Councilors, Installation Reception
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2019
2018 Ambassadors for Humanity Honorees, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks
Ambassadors for Humanity 2018 Gala Honoring Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks
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2018
Screening of the film at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly
"Countering Antisemitism Through Testimony" presentation at UN
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Members of the education team from Aegis Trust discuss creating IWitness activities that feature the testimonies from survivors and witnesses to the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. From left to right: Enoch Ssemuwemba, Pierre Claver Irakoze, Jean Nepo Ndahimana and Marc Gwamaka.
Aegist Trust Education Team Visit the Institute
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2017
ITeach in Lodz, Rywka's Diary
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Manuk Avedikyan, left, and Sedda Antekelian. Photos courtesy of Glendale Public Library
Glendale Public Library Armenian Presentation, Oct. 26, 2017
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Rohingya Interviews at Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, Nov. 2017
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Michelle Reich and Deby Roitman, Museo Interactivo Judio de Chile
FAFG, MIJ and IIARS Visit, Oct. 2017
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IWitness Presentations at University of Southern Denmark
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Samuel Harris
New Dimensions in Testimony Survivor Filming
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Andrea Szőnyi, Head of Programs for International Education, USC Shoah Foundation, Dr Boglárka Illés, Deputy State Secretary for Youth Policy and Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Human Capacities, József Lebanov, Head of Department for Public Education Strategy, Ministry of Human Capacities, Imre Sipos, General Director, EKE-Research Institute for Education Development
Art Exhibit at the Hungarian Office of Educational Rights 2017
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The George & Irina Schaeffer Hall for Genocide Study
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The Jona Goldrich Center for Digital Storytelling
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Photos by Dana Verstak
Babi Yar IWalk 2017
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Trojan Family Weekend 2015
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Stephen Smith, Ed Mosberg and Steven Spielberg with the Torah donated by Mr. Mosberg
Ed Mosberg Visit, September 2017
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Wolf Gruner
Research Week 2017
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From left: Adam Musial, Monika Mezei, Marcel Mahdal, Lesly Culp
Central European Educators in LA, August 2017
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From left: Kira Parker, Eric Gao, Lucia Li, Rachel Lewis
Research in Industrial Projects (RIPS) 2017
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Ukraine Conflict Prevention and Cultural Understanding Training, July 19, 2017
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Teach for Ukraine IWitness Workshop, July 2017
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The Muggerditchian family, minus Thomas, in 1916. Alice is third from right
Thomas Muggerditchian Family Photos
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Richard Hovannisian Interview, June 12, 2017
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Master Teacher Hungary 2017
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Master Teacher Hungary 2016 Follow Up, July 2017
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IWalk in Ostrava
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Susan Edelstein, Patti Silvers, Kori Street, Jacqui Weisman, Suzi Stadler, June Beallor, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, Jayne Perilstein, Rabbi Charles Savenor
Park Avenue Synagogue IWitness Presentation, June 12, 2017
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Sara Antal-Forizs
Hungarian Art Exhibit 2017
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IWitness Workshop, Saint-Vincent Muhoza Secondary School May 2017
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From left: Mickey Shapiro, Omer Bartov, Stephen Smith, Wolf Gruner
Shapiro Scholar Lecture, Omer Bartov, May 8, 2017
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From left: Gabor T Szanto, Ferenc Torok, moderator Gergo Body
"1945" Screening and IWitness Seminar, Budapest 2017
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IWitness Seminar in Vinnitsa, Ukraine April 2017
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Piotr Florczyk
Summer 2016 Research Fellows Presentations, April 4, 2017
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Armenian Film Foundation Collection Conclusion Event, March 27, 2017
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Master Teacher Poland Follow Up Session, March 2017
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Survivor Wei Guiru and family
Nanjing Testimony Filming Jan. 2017
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Prof PaeDr. Mgr. Miroslav Vaněk Phd
6th Annual Malach Centre Conference
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Warsaw IWalk Jan 27, 2017
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Visegrad Seminar January 2017
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Trip to Nanjing China
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Harry K. Wolff, Jr. WWII Collection
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2016
"Art Through Testimony" exhibit at the gala reception at the Loews Hollywood Hotel
"Art Through Testimony" Exhibit at 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
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"Refugee Jan Orlík," by Lukáš Vacek (2015 winner). Inspired by the testimony of Jan Orlík
Czech Art Contest
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Robert Iger, Willow Bay and Steven Spielberg
Ambassadors for Humanity 2016 Gala
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ITeach Donetsk, Ukraine, December 1, 2016
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Pinchas Gutter near a display of his interview for New Dimensions in Testimony
Dimensions in Testimony Photo Gallery
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Nimrod "Zigi" Ariav New Dimensions in Testimony, Nov. 3, 2016
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Zovaira Rodriguez - Change #BeginsWithMe
#BeginsWithMe - 2016
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After School Matters instructor Michael Levesque helps students
After School Matters IWitness Pilot, October 2016
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Cheng Fang, left, points out the USC campus to Madame Xia, second from right
Madame Xia Visit for New Dimensions in Testimony, October 2016
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Kori Street Meeting with Ukraine IWalk Guides, September 2016
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ELTE librarian Borbala Franyo, left, and Andrea Szonyi, USC Shoah Foundation Hungarian regional consultant
Sign Language VHA Seminar at ELTE, Oct. 6, 2016
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Benjamin Madley "American Genocide Lecture, Oct. 11, 2016
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Babi Yar IWalk Peer Guide Training, September 2016
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Fredy Peccerelli
Fredy Peccerelli at Guatemala Conference 2016
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ITeach Institute, Detroit, Aug 15-17, 2016
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Master Teacher 2016, Poland
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Wang Xueyu
Nanjing Testimonies (updated), June 2016
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Master Teacher Program in Budapest
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Master Teacher (Teaching with Testimony) Hungary 2016
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Plukka and Joan Hornig Benefit, June 27, 2016
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Junior Intern Trip to Manzanar, June 2016
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Photo courtesy Dénes Kovács, Békéscsabai Médiacentrum Kft
Békéscsaba Monument Ceremony, Hungary, June 26, 2016
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Ken Ehrlich, Andy Friendly, and Sandra & Vin Scully
Andy Friendly Event, February 1, 2016
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Alina Chelpanova
Sources of Tolerance Summer Camp, Ukraine, June 2016
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From left: Thomas Giordano, Jr., David Stern, Ruth Hernandez (IWtness Challenge Winner and Junior Intern), Stephen Smith, Jerry Lehocky, NGC Member Sam Pond, Jayne Perilstein (Managing Director of Advancement)
Sam Pond Philadelphia Benefit, June 7 2016
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Testimony of Xu De Ming
Nanjing Testimonies, June 2016
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"Stranded in Shanghai," Jewish Museum in Prague 2016
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Left-right: Zach Goode, Tamaki Matsuoka, Kei Imanishi
Tamaki Matsuoka Interview, April 20, 2016
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Gerhard Hochhuth opens the ceremony next to Alina Bothe, center.
Jedwab Family Stolpersteine Ceremony, April 15, 2016
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Macomb Intermediate School District ITeach, April 19, 2016
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Clockwise from seated: Aleksan Markaryan, Aleksan Giragosian, Carla Garapedian, Manuk Avedikian, Agop Margarian
Aleksan Markaryan Visit, April 14, 2016
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Edith Umugiraneza
"When Memories Unfold: Poetry After Genocide"
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Melodies of Auschwitz Event
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Advanced Activity Building Training, Rwanda Feb. 29, 2016
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Rwanda and North Carolina Bystander Effect Activity
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State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, March 6, 2016
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Teaching with Testimony Poland 2015 Follow-Up, February 27, 2016
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IWitness workshop at Grant County High School in Dry Ridge, Ken.
IWitness in Kentucky and Ohio
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Photo courtesy Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography
Auschwitz Album Exhibit, Moscow
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"Arrival at Auschwitz" Ukrainian Pilot, Kyiv Tolerance Club, January 2016
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IWitness Activities for Civil Rights
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Ruth Hernandez: Past is Present
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Photo courtsey of Charlotte Masters
Charlotte Masters at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum
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Christa Calkins
Past is Present: A Year Later with Teachers and Junior Interns
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Screenshot of indexing interface shows how an indexer can add a second interviewee to a testimony
Group Testimony Indexing
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"Placing History," Holocaust Geographies Collective, Jan. 12, 2015
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Educators Lauren Fenech and Steffanie Grotz in front of their students #BeginsWithMe banners.
IWitness in Action: Teaching the Bystander Effect
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