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USC Shoah Foundation Introduces Next Generation Council

USC Shoah Foundation has created a new leadership group to help bolster its strategic goals, programs, and activities. The Next Generation Council will be composed of community and business leaders,…
Thursday, June 27, 2013

IWitness Rolls Out in Canada

The Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto has introduced USC Shoah Foundation’s online educational tool, IWitness, to Canadian teachers and students, marking the…
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation Institute honor Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company

On June 6, Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, presented Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, with the Institute’s highest honor, the…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

USC Shoah Foundation joins peace-building initiative in Rwanda

The inaugural meeting of the Rwandan Peace Education Program brought together survivors of the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide and the Holocaust, along with other activists from around the world. From left:…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Association of Holocaust Organizations convenes at the Institute

Winter seminar focuses on future of survivor testimonyRepresentatives from more than 30 Holocaust museums and centers in the United States and Canada came to Los Angeles this week for the 2013…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

‘Lost Music of the Holocaust’ Performed by Survivor’s Grandson

June 18 saw the U.S. premiere of a set of piano variations on a Polish patriotic theme composed in the Dachau concentration camp by prisoner of war Leon Kaczmarek (1903–1973). Kaczmarek’s…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Rwandan Testimonies Add 500 New Terms to Visual History Archive’s Thesaurus

Testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide added to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive have resulted in 500 new search terms for the archive’s…
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Armenian Genocide Testimonies to be Incorporated into USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

USC Shoah Foundation and the Armenian Film Foundation have announced a new joint goal: By the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in 2015, they will integrate into the USC Shoah Foundation’s…
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

President Promotes USC Shoah Foundation Partner in Increasing Internet Access

A key USC Shoah Foundation partner’s mission of upgrading public school access to broadband Internet has earned a boost from President Obama. The nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway…
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sweden to fund $6.8m three-year peace-building program in Rwanda

The Swedish Embassy today announced funding for an ambitious new Rwanda-wide peace-building program. The Rwanda Peace Education Programme is designed to counter behavioral risk factors for…
Monday, June 17, 2013

Institute participates in IHRA Plenary Meetings in Berlin, Germany

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held its semiannual Plenary meetings in Berlin, Germany from 11-14 June 2013 under the Canadian Chairmanship. For four days this week,…
Friday, June 14, 2013

Jews in Arab Countries During the Shoah

USC Shoah Foundation is partnering with the American Sephardi Federation and other organizations to undertake the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish Testimony Collection, a new initiative to document the…
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Street Addresses Holocaust Teacher Institute

Kori Street, PhD, director of education for USC Shoah Foundation, will deliver a presentation about its IWitness Program at the University of Miami’s 12th annual Holocaust Teacher Summer Institute on…
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

June Schindler’s List Screenings Benefit USC Shoah Foundation

Cinemark will hold special screenings of Schindler’s List, with all proceeds benefiting the USC Shoah Foundation—the Institute for Visual History and Education that the film inspired. The screenings…
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Bay Area Holocaust Survivors Honored

Holocaust survivors from the Bay Area of California who have shared their experiences on video, and in numerous in-person appearances, were recognized for their contributions at a ceremony in San…
Monday, June 10, 2013

Italian Institute Joins Visual History Archive Access Sites

USC Shoah Foundation has granted the Istituto Centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi headquarters in Rome full remote access to its Visual History Archive. The partnership establishes the 43rd…
Friday, June 7, 2013

High School Students Pilot New IWitness Activity

Tenth grade students at Windward School in Mar Vista, California have been piloting a new IWitness activity titled What Can One Voice Tell Us About a Genocide as part of their Global Studies class…
Monday, June 3, 2013