News By Year and Month
Author Barbara Winton, Daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, Visits USC Shoah Foundation
Barbara Winton has been hearing incredible stories about her father all her life. So when she visited USC Shoah Foundation last week, it wasn’t just the testimonies that talk about how her father…
Friday, November 28, 2014
Inside IWitness: "Information Quest: Roman Kent"
Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Students are…
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Translating the Archive: The Czech Language Project
By Daryn EllerArchival AssistantOne of the unique features of USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive is a controlled vocabulary of over 62,000 keywords…
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Dan Leshem, Associate Director of Research, to Teach Course on Holocaust in Literature and Arts
From Schindler’s List to the paintings of Samuel Bak (left), thousands of works of art and writing attempt to shed light on – and giving meaning to – the tragedies of genocide. The many artworks,…
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Tempering Academics with Personal Stories
The academic conference hosted by USC Shoah Foundation last week was an excellent opportunity for me to hear the personal stories of survivors alongside academic analysis of modern-day events and…
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
IWitness Staff Give Presentation at National Council of Teachers of English
Educators from around the world had the opportunity to learn more about IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive educational website, at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers…
Monday, November 24, 2014
Jewish Club of 1933 Honors Wolf Gruner, Director of Center for Advanced Genocide Research
The Benefactors of the Jewish Club of 1933, Inc., have bestowed Professor Wolf Gruner their Legacy Award for his work with the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research.Gruner is the…
Friday, November 21, 2014
Inside IWitness: "The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda"
Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Through the…
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Director of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum to Speak at UCLA about Preserving Auschwitz
Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland, will host a reception and presentation at UCLA on Thursday about how the museum functions today and what is needed…
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Kori Street, Director of Education, Speaks to High School Students About IWitness and Participation
USC Shoah Foundation Director of Education Kori Street spoke to students at Magnolia Science Academy in Carson, Calif., on Monday about IWitness, testimony, and how they can use their own voices to…
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
On Jan. 27, 2015, the world will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. To honor the occasion, for the next 70…
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Watch “Through Testimony” International Conference Panels and Keynote
USC Shoah Foundation’s 2014 Through Testimony international conference “Memory, Media and Technology: Exploring the Trajectories of Schindler’s List” is in full swing in Los Angeles. Those unable to…
Monday, November 17, 2014
Inside IWitness: "Information Quest: Ruth Brand"
Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.In the Ruth Brand…
Friday, November 14, 2014
USC Families Discover Visual History Archive at Trojan Family Weekend
As parents and families of USC students descended on campus on Thursday for the first day of Trojan Family Weekend, many were already making sure to stop by Doheny Memorial Library to learn about USC…
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Berzsenyi High School Hosts Hungary’s 14th ITeach Seminar of 2014
Local educators hosted an ITeach seminar about teaching with testimony at Berzsenyi High School, a USC Shoah Foundation partner school in Hungary, on Saturday, Nov. 8. With this latest seminar,…
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Student Voices Short Film Contest Revamped for 2015
The 4th annual Student Voices Short Film Contest will open for submissions on Jan. 12, 2015, featuring key changes intended to increase awareness for the contest and help participants complete their…
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation Partner School Opens New Holocaust Resource Center
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, USC Shoah Foundation’s first Jewish Partner School, held a dedication ceremony…
Monday, November 10, 2014
Inside IWitness: "Arrival at Auschwitz: Images and Individual Experiences"
Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.In the Arrival at…
Friday, November 7, 2014
Twenty-Five Teachers Chosen to Participate in ‘Auschwitz: The Past is Present’ Professional Development Program
Twenty-five teachers from around the world have been chosen by USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education and Discovery Education to participate in a unique professional…
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Pilot Underway for First Elementary School IWitness Activity
IWitness is typically used in middle- and high school classrooms and college courses, but that may change following this week’s pilot testing of a new activity intended for students as young as fifth…
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Work Hard to Contribute to the World
For some people, hope is nothing but an airy dream. But for my parents, Elisabeth and George, it is a hard-won reality that they have lived every day of their lives. Their commitment is anything but…
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon in France is 51st Institution to Gain Full Access to Visual History Archive
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education is pleased to announce that Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS), a university in Lyon, France, is the 51st institution, and the first…
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
First Model UN at USC Uses Rwandan Tutsi Genocide Testimony
(L-R: Jackie Kim, Karan Agarwal, Jazz Advaney, Michael Lim)University of Southern California students hosted the first-ever Trojan Model UN this…
Monday, November 3, 2014