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"Watchers of the Sky" Reveals Story of Raphael Lemkin, Man Who Coined “Genocide”

“Genocide” is such a widely recognized term today that it’s hard to believe that as recently as 1943, it didn’t even exist. The fact that it not only exists but is taken for granted as the definition…

Friday, October 17, 2014

A Beloved Father’s Presence Preserved for Generations to Come

I adored my father and admired him greatly. Harold Eisenberg was a good man in every sense of the word. He spoke about his life in Opatow, Poland before World War II and even his experience during…

Friday, October 17, 2014

Inside IWitness: “Growing Up Behind the Barbed Wire of Auschwitz”

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.The new activity…

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Lessons and IWitness Activities for National Bullying Prevention Month

USC Shoah Foundation’s educational resources can help educators observe National Bullying Prevention Month in October by teaching students about acceptance, resilience and other relevant topics…

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Lesson by “Teaching with Testimony” Graduate Published Online

For the first time, USC Shoah Foundation has published a lesson that was created by a teacher in the Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century professional development program.Oscar – The Award was…

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

As Seen Through These Eyes Screening is First USC Shoah Foundation Event of the Year

USC Shoah Foundation’s academic year programming kicks off next Monday with a screening of the documentary As Seen Through These Eyes, which tells the stories of Holocaust survivors who made art…

Monday, October 13, 2014

Bringing Stories to Daylight

With nearly 52,000 interviews from survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides, the archive of audio-visual testimony assembled and maintained by USC Shoah Foundation is so abundant it would take…

Monday, October 13, 2014

Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Hosts IWitness Educator Workshop

Teachers from across the Netherlands participated in an IWitness training session Oct. 4, held as part of a new partnership between USC Shoah Foundation and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and…

Friday, October 10, 2014

Inside Witness: "Writing in Exile"

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Tea, family and time travel – An unforgettable trip to China

I recently returned to China to record audio-visual testimonies from survivors of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. In February 2014, the Institute incorporated 12 Nanjing testimonies into its Visual…

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Eighteen New Testimonies Recorded for Nanjing Massacre Collection

USC Shoah Foundation’s Nanjing Massacre testimony collection more than doubled in size last week when USC Shoah Foundation and Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall conducted 18 new interviews with Nanjing…

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Margee and Douglas Greenberg Gift to USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research Will Endow First Academic Research Fellowship

Margee and Douglas Greenberg have provided a gift to fund an endowed fellowship program at USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research, the newly announced research and scholarship…

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman To Speak about Cloud Archives at University of Michigan

USC Shoah Foundation chief technology officer Sam Gustman will return to his alma mater, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to give a presentation about the Visual History Archive and the…

Monday, October 6, 2014

2014 International Conference Roundtable Spotlight: Digital Pedagogy, Education, Human Rights and Violence Studies

A different panel or roundtable at USC Shoah Foundation’s upcoming international conference, Memory, Media and Technology: Exploring the Trajectories of Schindler’s List, will be profiled each week…

Friday, October 3, 2014

Inside IWitness: "Voyage of the St. Louis: From Hope to Despair"

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 learn…

Thursday, October 2, 2014

IWitness Video Editor Upgraded with New Languages and Features

As IWitness’s community of users continues to grow, its technical specifications are upgraded to meet their needs. Students and teachers will find new features in IWitness’s video editor that will…

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Branko Lustig to Speak about USC Shoah Foundation at Let’s Cee Film Festival

Schindler’s List producer Branko Lustig will play a key role in this year’s Let’s Cee Film Festival in Vienna, which welcomes filmmakers…

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation Preserves Its History in Institutional Audio-Visual Collection

As the USC Shoah Foundation has gone about the business of preserving history through video testimony, it has also been quietly preserving another facet of history on videotape: its own. Now, in an…

Monday, September 29, 2014

2014 International Conference Roundtable Spotlight: Digital Archives in Research and Public Engagement

Friday, September 26, 2014

Inside IWitness: “Chance and Choice: A Survivor’s Story”

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Delegation from Guatemala’s FAFG Visits USC Shoah Foundation

(L-R: Stephen Smith, Katia Orantes, Scott Greathead, Jessika Osorio, Fredy Peccerelli, Sandra Gruner-Domic, Wolf Gruner)USC Shoah Foundation is…

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Impact in Profile

I recently emailed a teacher to ask if he was willing to be featured in a profile story on the USC Shoah Foundation website about his experiences using IWitness in his classroom. I had never been…

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

2014 International Conference Panel Spotlight: Place and Media in Remembering Genocide

Friday, September 19, 2014

Inside IWitness: "The Power of Words"

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Steh Auf! - Merkel Makes Her Stand

A sea of faces dotted with “Nie Wieder!” banners wraps around the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Germany's capital. As I join them on this Sunday afternoon, I cannot help but think of the crowds…

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Building Dams and Bridges

By Anne-Marie RevcolevschiThe Aladdin Project, which was founded in 2008, aims to dam the spread of Holocaust denial, antisemitism, and racism in the Muslim world, and simultaneously erect bridges to…

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Launch Global Educational Programs to Support the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education is partnering with Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms,…

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation and World Jewish Congress announce global program to support 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education and the World Jewish Congress will be supporting the official observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz…

Monday, September 15, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation Launches “Focal Points” in Response to Current Events

View Focal Points: Anti-SemitismWhen news broke last winter of a pamphlet circulating in Donetsk, Ukraine, that ordered Jews to register with the government, USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director…

Friday, September 12, 2014

Global Communication and Education Program Announced by USC Shoah Foundation and Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz: The Past is Present will support official activities of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute…

Thursday, September 11, 2014