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Teachers Discover IWalks in Hungary and Poland
Hungarian ethics teachers and Polish educators were introduced this spring to IWalk, USC Shoah Foundation’s educational program that combines testimony with real-life locations, and are…
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Emotion, Storytelling, and the Human Universals
By Antonio DamasioThe merits of personal storytelling are unquestionable, and they simply cannot be exaggerated. As an adolescent growing up in Europe, I thought I knew about the Holocaust and I…
Monday, June 30, 2014
Hard to Picture
As an intern at the USC Shoah Foundation and a student on the Problems Without Passports trip to Rwanda this summer, I’m more than familiar with the phrases “Never Forget” and “Never Again.”…
Monday, June 30, 2014
IWitness Demoed at International Society for Technology in Education Conference and Expo
Educators attending the International Society for Technology in Education (ITSE) Conference and Expo this weekend will explore IWitness at an interactive “playground” – a showcase awarded to select…
Friday, June 27, 2014
Echoes and Reflections Debuts New Website and Teacher’s Guide
Echoes and Reflections, the multimedia Holocaust education program of which USC Shoah Foundation is a founding partner, introduced a brand-new website and updated teacher’s guide that includes new…
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Problems Without Passports Kicks Off in Kigali, Rwanda
The Problems Without Passports class hit the ground running in Kigali, Rwanda, spending their first four days in the country visiting genocide memorials and meeting with survivor support groups.The…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
$5 Million Gift From Andrew and Erna Viterbi Endows USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Chair
USC Trustee Andrew Viterbi PhD ’62 and his wife, Erna, have given $5 million to USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education. It is the largest gift the Institute has…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
A New Methodology
By Tim Cole, Alberto Giordano, Anne Kelly Knowles, Paul B. JaskotIn January 2014, four scholars from the “Holocaust Geographies Collaborative”—an international, interdisciplinary group of researchers…
Monday, June 23, 2014
The Good and the True
I was born and brought up in a university town in the Czech Republic called Olomouc. It had a small Jewish community. My father is a writer and academic. Five years ago he…
Monday, June 23, 2014
Hungarian Students Use Visual History Archive in School Project “Jewish Fates on the Common Border”
High school students from Sopron, Hungary, have created a traveling exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the deportations of Jews from Hungary during World War II, drawing from USC Shoah…
Friday, June 20, 2014
World Refugee Day
June 20 is World Refugee Day, dedicated to raising awareness about refugees throughout the world, a day on which I inevitably always look back on the formative years of my life.
In 1991, my family…
Friday, June 20, 2014
Problems Without Passports Concludes USC Session Before Heading to Rwanda
After completing an intense two-week introductory session at the University of Southern California, seven students and two professors are ready to begin this…
Thursday, June 19, 2014
President Obama's gala speech now available online. See Spielberg's introduction.
Now available for viewing, video of President Obama's acceptance speech at the 2014 Ambassadors for Humanity gala held May 7, 2014. Also included are speeches from USC President C. L. Max Nikias,…
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Діти ілюструють відеосвідчення з Архіву візуальної історії для проекту «Джерела толерантності» в Україні
Скрізь в Україні відеосвідчення з Архіву Візуальної історії надихають дітей до створення ілюстрацій, що представляють справжні випадки дискримінації під час тоталітарних режимів. Малюючи ці…
Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Ethics of the Algorithm
By Todd PresnerMost of the time when we speak of the ethical dimensions of video testimony of the Holocaust, we refer to the viewer’s “duty to listen and to restore a dialogue.”[1] By this, it is…
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Expanding the Bookshelves of History
USC Shoah Foundation hands off books on the Armenian Genocide to USC Doheny Library’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies collection.
Lynn Sipe, senior bibliographer and curator for the Holocaust and…
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Hundreds of Students and Teachers Piloting IWitness in Rwanda
Two years into USC Shoah Foundation and Kigali Genocide Memorial’s IWitness in Rwanda project, hundreds of students and teachers across Rwanda have been exposed to IWitness and talks are underway to…
Monday, June 16, 2014
Central European University Conference on Holocaust Memory Highlights Visual History Archive
Attendees of Central European University’s Future of Holocaust Memorialization: Confronting Racism, Antisemitism and Homophobia through Memory Work conference this week had two opportunities to learn…
Friday, June 13, 2014
Ukrainian Kids Create Art Inspired by Testimony for “Sources of Tolerance” Summer Camp
All over Ukraine, testimony from the Visual History Archive is inspiring children to create remarkable artwork representing true scenes of discrimination during the Holocaust. With their artwork,…
Thursday, June 12, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation Leads Panel at Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
USC Shoah Foundation and its colleagues at the United Nations came together to host a panel discussion at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict today in London, joining leaders and…
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Call for Applications: The 2014-15 Center for Advanced Genocide Research Fellow
The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites applications from senior scholars for its 2014-2015 Center Research Fellow. The fellowship provides $30,000 support and will be…
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Visual History Archive Formatted in HTML5 to Improve User Experience
USC Shoah Foundation’s technology department has completed a project to create HTML5 files of all Visual History Archive testimonies in order to solve some of users’ most common issues when accessing…
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
A Voice in the Darkness
Excerpted from an interview conducted by Stephen D. SmithLet me come crow the story of Rwanda.I witnessed bad times,I traveled to many countries,And in each I askedWhere the tragedy that decimatesThe…
Monday, June 9, 2014
Connecting to Testimony
The Yom HaShoah Vigil is an annual event at the University at Albany, coordinated by the University at Albany Hillel. As this year’s Jewish Life Chair, the event is under my direction. The 24-hour…
Monday, June 9, 2014
New Online Exhibit Commemorates the Battle of Normandy on 70th Anniversary of D-Day
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On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, in which Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast in France, USC Shoah Foundation has published a new online exhibit featuring the testimonies…
Friday, June 6, 2014
Regional Consultant Liz Bommarito Presents IWitness at Midwood High School, Brooklyn
Liz Bommarito, USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness regional consultant based in New York, introduced her colleagues at Midwood High School to IWitness at a presentation today.Bommarito gave a…
Thursday, June 5, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation Scholars and Staff Participating in Association of Holocaust Organizations Conference
Staff and scholars of the USC Shoah Foundation will participate in discussion about the latest in Holocaust studies at the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO)’s 29th annual conference this…
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Testimony through the Graves of Guatemala
On June 2, 1982, armed members of the Guatemalan military walked into the village of Pambach. They separated men from the women and children, then took about 80 men from the village…
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Teaching the Holocaust in China
By Xu XinHolocaust education is uniquely situated in China, a country without an antisemitic tradition, and thousands of miles from where the Holocaust happened. The paucity of direct contact with…
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
New Dimensions in Testimony on CBS This Morning
A story on the CBS This Morning show about the latest in digital moviemaking technology made sure to note that the technology isn’t just for…
Monday, June 2, 2014