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Free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers


Yad Vashem and USC Shoah Foundation are partnering with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to offer a free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers.This seminar brings together PhD students and early-career researchers (PhD conferred 2021-2026) from IHRA member, observer, and liaison countries. Participants will deepen their subject expertise, strengthen their teaching and research skills, and expand their professional networks. Read More

Free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers


Yad Vashem and USC Shoah Foundation are partnering with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to offer a free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers.This seminar brings together PhD students and early-career researchers (PhD conferred 2021-2026) from IHRA member, observer, and liaison countries. Participants will deepen their subject expertise, strengthen their teaching and research skills, and expand their professional networks. Read More

We remember Andrew Roth


Andrew Roth, Holocaust survivor who made headlines last year for his emotional meeting with Jack Moran, a WWII liberator, passed away last week at age 98.Andrew was born in 1927 in Penészlek, Hungary. By the time Andrew entered middle school, he faced drastic changes in his daily life as restrictions on his freedoms worsened. In 1944, Andrew and his family were forced into the Satu Mare ghetto, and later that year, Auschwitz concentration camp. Upon arrival, someone told him to say he was 18 and had an occupation, which saved his life. Read More

Education Staff Present at the 2026 Winter Institute for the California Teachers Collaborative


Colleagues from the USC Shoah Foundation’s education team presented at this year’s Winter Institute, “School Leadership to End Hate and Inspire Courage,” for the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education on March 2 in Sacramento, California. Over 145 educators, district superintendents, principals, and teachers representing more than 25 districts across California were in attendance. Keynote speakers included California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond and State Senator Henry Stern, a key supporter of the Collaborative. Read More

Professor Sarah Gensburger Named the 2025-2026 Shapiro Scholar in Residence


Sarah Gensburger, Professor of Political Science and History at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Sciences Po Paris, will serve as the 2025-2026 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research. She will spend over a week in residence at the Center in April and will deliver the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Lecture entitled “Homes as Witnesses of the Holocaust in Paris” on April 14, 2026. Read More

Local Holocaust Survivor's Interactive Dimensions in Testimony interview Premieres at El Paso Holocaust Museum


El Paso Holocaust Museum (EPHM) is proud to announce the unveiling of an exciting new interactive biography as part of its Dimensions in Testimony exhibition from the USC Shoah Foundation. The testimony of Dr. Edith Eger, who once called El Paso home, will premiere at EPHM during the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27-31, 2026. Read More

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