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
Újabb népirtások elkerülése miatt is fontos az emlékezés - 20 éves a Soá Alapítvány
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