News By Year and Month

Hagopian Family Donates Historic Camera to USC Shoah Foundation

It was his most prized possession: A movie camera covered in black metal plates, and filled with spinning gears and sprockets. It cost nearly as much as a new car. J Michael Hagopian carried the 44…
Friday, May 30, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation Adds Nearly 2,000 New Testimonies

With the addition of the Armenian Film Foundation collection and Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco (JFCS)’s collection of Holocaust testimonies, USC Shoah Foundation now has 53…
Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Next Generation

By Esther Toporek FinderThe USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive is a resource of tremendous depth and scope, wherein the firsthand accounts of the survivors and witnesses allow us to gaze…
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Four Testimonies Taken in Paris for North Africa and Middle East Collection

Jacqueline Semha Gmach traveled to Paris last month to oversee the recording of four testimonies for USC Shoah Foundation’s new North Africa and Middle East collection, and returned inspired and awed…
Monday, May 26, 2014

Yevnigue Salibian, 100 Year Old Armenian Genocide Survivor, Records Testimony for Armenian Genocide Collection

The scar on her leg has faded slightly since the day nearly a century ago when she almost bled to death while fleeing from those trying to kill her and her family.But the past remain vivid, and even…
Friday, May 23, 2014

PhD Candidates Gather at USC for Researching the Holocaust Workshop

Graduate students specializing in Holocaust research will come together at the University of Southern California beginning Monday for the week-long Researching the Holocaust workshop.The workshop…
Thursday, May 22, 2014

UNESCO Publishes Article on IWitness’s Effect on Students

USC Shoah Foundation’s education staff have published an article revealing IWitness’s profound effect on high school students around the world in an annual publication by UNESCO.The article,…
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

March of the Living Unites Friends

I look at the picture and realize this is why I’m working at the USC Shoah Foundation. This is what it’s all about. The photo shows two women standing in a field of green grass dotted with dandelions…
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Budapest “Yellow-Star House” Online Exhibit Features Testimony

Testimony clips of Hungarian Holocaust survivors have been incorporated into a fascinating project out of Budapest: Open Society Archive’s …
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Reflections of an Internship

The Holocaust has always been a topic close to my heart. Not only because I am Jewish and Israeli, but also because I’ve been learning about the Holocaust since my childhood. Last year, I felt the…
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Voices from the Visual History Archive: Roman Kent

Born April 18, 1929, Lódz, PolandInterviewed April 29, 1996, New York, NY Roman Kent is a highly sought after and influential member of the survivor…
Monday, May 19, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation To Participate in Czech-Polish Seminar on Teaching with Testimony

Staff from USC Shoah Foundation will gather with education leaders, teachers and other experts to explore the best practices of using filmed witness testimony in education in Ostrava, Czech Republic,…
Friday, May 16, 2014

Center for Advanced Genocide Research Seeks Proposals for Greenberg Research Fellowship

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research is now seeking proposals for its first-ever research fellowship, open to graduate and post-graduate students.The 2014-2015 Margee and…
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Newest Issue of PastForward Shows How Testimony is Changing the World

The Spring 2014 edition of PastForward features articles from scholars around the world and a special photo shoot to commemorate USC Shoah Foundation’s 20th anniversary.The annual digest of the USC…
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Dartmouth College Is a Visual History Archive Full Access Site

Dartmouth College is the latest university to gain full access to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.The Visual History Archive contains nearly 52,000 audiovisual testimonies of survivors…
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Mohammed Dajani Speaks on Refusing to be a Bystander

As USC Shoah Foundation’s 2014 Yom Hashoah Scholar-in-Residence, Professor Mohammed Dajani gave an inspiring lecture on Friday about teaching the Holocaust to his Palestinian students.Dajani is a…
Monday, May 12, 2014

“Az emlékezés célja nem pusztán a múlt megőrzése, hanem a jövő védelme." Barack Obama elnök kitüntetése a USC Soá Alapítvány jubileumi gálaünnepségén.

Az emlékezés célja nem pusztán a múlt megőrzése, hanem a jövő védelme." - mondta beszédében Barack Obama elnök, a USC Soá Alapítvány fennálásának 2O. évfordulója alkalmából rendezett jubileumi…
Monday, May 12, 2014

Steven Spielberg Unveils Plaque Dedicated to Institute's Founders Circle

Steven Spielberg, the founder of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, dedicated a plaque Thursday that honors the members of the Institute’s Founder’s Circle.The…
Friday, May 9, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation and Steven Spielberg Honor President Barack Obama with Ambassador for Humanity Award

In recognition of his efforts to protect human rights, his commitment to education and his work advancing opportunities for all people, President Barack Obama was presented May 7 with the Ambassador…
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Exhibit in Prague District 2 Reveals City’s Jewish History

A historical exhibition organized by the Czech district of Prague 2 is exploring the erased traces of Jewish presence with an exhibit in New Town Townhall, located in the former city of Kralovske…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Today Show Airs Segment on USC Shoah Foundation's 20th Anniversary

NBC's Today helped commemorate USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Monday with a segment featuring founder Steven Spielberg and Maria Shriver. Shriver interviewed Spielberg about his vision…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

New Multimedia Web Resource Tells Story of the Roma and Sinti

The Roma and Sinti are one of the oldest minorities in Europe, yet they face exclusion and persecution to this day. In order to facilitate better understanding of Sinti and Roma culture and history…
Monday, May 5, 2014

“Voyage of the St. Louis: From Hope to Despair” Activity Launched in IWitness

The newest activity in IWitness provides students with an opportunity to learn about the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis in 1939. Students hear how the events affected individuals, especially…
Friday, May 2, 2014

Why I Remember Testimonies

When I was a child, my grandfather often told me about the Second World War. While he sat next to me, coloring or teaching me letters of the alphabet, he would sneak in a story about his days in the…
Friday, May 2, 2014

New IWalk Forthcoming for Brno, Czech Republic

(School on Merhautova street, Brno)Just one month after IWalk launched in Czech Republic, a second resource is already being developed. The…
Thursday, May 1, 2014