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Professor Richard Hovannisian, Armenian Genocide Expert, To Visit USC Shoah Foundation

UCLA emeritus professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History Richard Hovannisian will meet with staff at USC Shoah Foundation on September 17. He will discuss the history of the 1915 Armenian…
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A Damned Good Cry

How testimony is bringing the authentic survivor voice to Holocaust education in the United Kingdom By Kay Andrews For many of us working in the area of Holocaust education around the globe, one…
Monday, September 9, 2013

Rwandan Testimonies Added to IWitness

Ten Rwandan testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive are the latest additions to IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive educational website that allows…
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Hungarian Nazi War Criminal Laszlo Csatary Dies While Awaiting Trial

Laszlo Csatary, a former Nazi commander and the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s third Most Wanted Nazi War Criminal, died August 12 while awaiting trial in Budapest. He was 98.Csatary was charged by…
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Hamarosan a budapesti Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetemen is - Magyarországon másodikként - elérhetővé válik a USC Soá Alapítvány Vizuális Történelmi Archívuma

A gyűjteményben jelenleg közel 52 ezer videó látható, amelyek holokauszt-túlélők és szemtanúk, valamint a ruandai népirtás túlélőinek és szemtanúinak vallomásait rögzítik.Az anyagok a George W…
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The View from Inside the Classroom: A Teacher Reviews IWitness

By Brandon HaasYoung people average 7 hours and 38 minutes consuming media on a daily basis, and during that time they are consuming a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes’ worth of content by…
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Holocaust Museum Houston Hosts Echoes and Reflections Seminar for Museum Educators

Holocaust Museum Houston wrapped up a four-day Echoes and Reflections seminar for Holocaust museum educators today. The seminar focused on how to support the educators' capacity to deploy…
Friday, August 30, 2013

Schindler’s List Survivor’s Memoir The Boy on the Wooden Box Published Today

Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson passed away this January, but his story of survival as the youngest boy on Oskar Schindler’s “list” will live on in his new memoir, The Boy on the…
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

A Slowly Evolving Landscape

International educators discuss testimony-based educationA conversation with Werner Dreier, Alice Herscovitch, and Karen PolakBy Kori StreetInitiated by Sweden’s then–Prime Minister Göran Persson in…
Monday, August 26, 2013

Yad Vashem’s Shani Lourie Visits USC Shoah Foundation

Shani Lourie of Yad Vashem visited USC Shoah Foundation Thursday in order to learn more about USC Shoah Foundation and its mission and to receive in-depth training on the principles and strategies…
Friday, August 23, 2013

Applied Mathematics Students Present Project to USC Shoah Foundation

Staff and faculty at USC Shoah Foundation gathered Wednesday to view this year’s project from the 2013 UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)’s Research in Industrial…
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Liam Neeson to make Philadelphia appearance at 20th anniversary benefit screening of Schindler’s List

Liam Neeson will be attending USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education’s special 20th anniversary benefit screening of Schindler’s List that will be…
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Lessons from Kony 2012

If participatory politics is the future, media literacy is a mustBy Henry JenkinsIN SPRING 2012, Invisible Children (IC), a San Diego–based human rights organization, released Kony 2012, a 30-minute…
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Planning Workshops Underway in Rwanda for Rwanda Peace Education Program

USC Shoah Foundation’s director of research and documentation, Karen Jungblut, and director of education, Kori Street, are currently in Rwanda at a week-long design workshop for the Rwanda…
Friday, August 16, 2013

Druhý ročník programu Svědectví pamětníků ve výuce pro 21. století

V pražském Centru vizuální historie Malach byl ve dnech 8. - 12. července úvodním seminářem zahájen druhý ročník programu Svědectví pamětníků ve výuce pro 21. století. Letos se kromě učitelů z celé…
Friday, August 16, 2013

Approaching the Tipping Point: Technology in Education

A conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne DuncanStephen Smith: There is a lot of focus on deficiencies in the education system. What good news is there that people might not know about…
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Yehuda Bauer to Visit USC Shoah Foundation in November

Renowned Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer will visit USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education in November.Bauer was the Institute’s 2012 Yom Hashoah Scholar…
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Mission to Hungary and Poland Will Commemorate USC Shoah Foundation’s 20th Anniversary

A delegation of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education supporters and board members will travel to Hungary and Poland this October to commemorate the Institute…
Monday, August 12, 2013

Scholastic Partners with IWitness

Scholastic is joining forces with USC Shoah Foundation to promote IWitness and IWitness Video Challenge to teachers on its print and online platforms.Scholastic will host IWitness videos and Video…
Monday, August 12, 2013

Holocaust Survivor to Speak at Nicky’s Family Film Screening in LA

A new documentary tells the story of Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 Czechoslovakian children through the Kindertransport in 1939. Audiences in Los Angeles have a…
Friday, August 9, 2013

USC Shoah Foundation Mourns Loss of Dmytro Groisman, Interviewer and Ukrainian Activist

USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Dmytro Groisman, Ukranian human rights activist and USC Shoah Foundation interviewer. Groisman died Monday of a heart attack after…
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Фонд Шоа Університету Південної Каліфорнії сумує за втратою інтерв’юера та українського правозахисника Дмитра Гройсмана

Фонд Шоа Університету Південної Каліфорнії глибоко вражений новиною про раптову смерть Дмитра Гройсмана, українського правозахисника та інтерв’юера Фонду. Гройсман помер у понеділок 5 серпня…
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Holocaust Remembrance Poster Contest Selects Winners

Sixteen art and design students from around the world were chosen as winners of this year’s “Keeping the Memory Alive” International Poster Design Competition. The competition is…
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Lesson About Infamous Terezin Ghetto using VHA Testimony Now Available to Czech Teachers

The Jewish Museum in Prague has teamed with USC Shoah Foundation to provide a new testimony-based lesson plan for teachers in the Czech Republic. The lesson, “International Committee of the Red…
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Head of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam visits USC Shoah Foundation

USC Shoah Foundation was visited Friday by Dr. Nanci Adler, head of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Adler visited the USC Shoah Foundation to meet…
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

For Third Time, USC Shoah Foundation Presents at CSU Long Beach’s Teacher Training Workshop

USC Shoah Foundation gave a presentation today about the use of survivor testimony and its educational website IWitness at California State University, Long Beach. The presentation was part of CSU…
Monday, August 5, 2013

Teaching with Testimony Enters Second Year in Czech Republic

USC Shoah Foundation recently convened its second Teaching with Testimony for the 21st Century seminar in the Czech Republic. Held July 8-12 at the Malach Center for Visual History in Prague, the…
Friday, August 2, 2013

1936 Berlin Olympic Games Debuted 77 Years Ago Today

Seventy-seven years ago today, the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games commenced in Germany. Memories of the XI Olympiad loom large in many Holocaust survivors’ minds: 171 testimonies in USC Shoah…
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Director of International School for Holocaust Studies of Yad Vashem Visits USC Shoah Foundation

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education welcomed Eyal Kaminka, the newly-appointed director of the International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS) of Yad Vashem,…
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Schindler’s List Will Mark 20th Anniversary With Special Screenings To Benefit USC Shoah Foundation

Screenings Will Debut In Philadelphia, Highlighting The Re-Opening Of City’s Iconic Prince Music TheaterPhiladelphia, PA – July 25, 2013 - The 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s epic film…
Monday, July 29, 2013