News By Year and Month

USC Shoah Foundation Testimonies Help Reform Police in Ukraine

As Ukraine embarks on an effort to radically change its law enforcement culture, USC Shoah Foundation’s international consultant in Ukraine, Anna Lenchovska, is using testimony to teach newly trained…
Friday, May 29, 2015

”Art, the Interpreter of the Unspeakable”: Hungarian Student Art and Literature Project Concludes with Museum Event

Over 100 students and teachers who participated in USC Shoah Foundation’s testimony-based art and writing project in Hungary this year came together last week for a closing celebration that honored…
Thursday, May 28, 2015

„A művészet az elmondhatatlan tolmácsa” – művészeti pályázat záró rendezvénye

A USC Soá Alapítvány és a Zachor Alapítvány immár harmadik éve hirdetett művészeti pályázatot általános iskola felső tagozatán tanuló és középiskolás diákok számára. Idén január 27-e, az auschwitz…
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Testimony Featured in Paideia Alumni Conference and New Auschwitz Album Exhibit in Prague

By Martin SmokTestimony from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive played a prominent role in two events in Prague last week: Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden’s…
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Comcast 2015: "The Past is Present"

USC Shoah Foundation is currently in the second year of Days of Remembrance: PastFORWARD, a five-year partnership with Comcast to provide USC Shoah Foundation content to Comcast Xfinity customers On…
Friday, May 22, 2015

USC Shoah Foundation Leads Panel Discussion on Testimony at UPenn

USC Shoah Foundation’s Karen Jungblut and Cecilia Chan spoke on a panel about the power of testimony at University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Weekend last Friday.The “Power of Testimony” panel,…
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Auschwitz: The Past is Present Virtual Experience Engages Classrooms Across the Country

View the broadcast hereThousands of students and teachers tuned in for USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education’s Auschwitz: The Past is Present Virtual…
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Department of Homeland Security Hosts USC Shoah Foundation Presentation

Each year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Los Angeles holds a special program for its officers on diversity and inclusion. This year,…
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Under the shadow of Paragraph 175: Part 2: Stefan Kosinksi

Stefan (Teofil) Kosinski’s testimony is the only English-language testimony we have in the Visual History Archive from a homosexual survivor, which is also remarkable for the fact that Stefan is not…
Monday, May 18, 2015

"Past is Present" in Action: Lesly Culp

This year-long series will catch up with teachers and staff who participated in the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program led by USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education…
Monday, May 18, 2015

Comcast 2015: "Auschwitz"

USC Shoah Foundation is currently in the second year of Days of Remembrance: PastFORWARD, a five-year partnership with Comcast to provide USC Shoah Foundation content to Comcast Xfinity customers On…
Friday, May 15, 2015

Education Staff Introduce IWitness to Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago will soon incorporate IWitness into some of their programs following workshops with students and program leaders last week.Clauia Wiedeman, USC Shoah Foundation…
Thursday, May 14, 2015

USC Shoah Foundation to Honor William Clay Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Detroit

Steven Spielberg, founder of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, will present William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, with the Institute’s…
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

ISTE Endorses IWitness for Another Two Years

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has once again awarded IWitness its Seal of Alignment for another two years, recognizing IWitness’s focus on building students’ technology…
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Holocaust Museum Houston Testimony Collection Brings Voices of Houston to Visual History Archive

As part of USC Shoah Foundation’s Preserving the Legacy initiative, 281 testimonies from Holocaust Museum Houston are currently being indexed for integration into the Visual History Archive.Holocaust…
Monday, May 11, 2015

Comcast 2015: "Melodies of Auschwitz"

USC Shoah Foundation is currently in the second year of Days of Remembrance: PastFORWARD, a five-year partnership with Comcast to provide USC Shoah Foundation content to Comcast Xfinity customers On…
Friday, May 8, 2015

Armenian Testimonies Added to IWitness

Just two weeks ago, USC Shoah Foundation launched its Armenian Genocide Collection in the Visual History Archive; now, 12 of those initial 60 testimonies are already available for students and…
Thursday, May 7, 2015

God Made a Wonderful Mother

Edith Umugiraneza was born and raised in Rwanda and survived the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide but lost most of her family including her mother. Edith wrote this poem not only as an ode to her mother…
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Wendy Lower, 2015 Yom HaShoah Scholar, Exposes German Women's Role in Holocaust

Professor Wendy Lower began her 2015 Yom HaShoah Lecture on Thursday by admitting that, like many scholars, she found her research topic by accident.In 1992,…
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Stephen Smith Receives Anne Heyman Spirit Award from Agahozo Shalom Youth Village

Agahozo Shalom Youth Village held its annual Stand Up & Be Counted event May 4 in New York City, and awarded USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen D. Smith and Aegist Trust founder…
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

“Past is Present” in Action: Merinda Davis

This year-long series will catch up with teachers and staff who participated in the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program led by USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education…
Monday, May 4, 2015

Survivors' Voices

I participated in an event in April called Survivor Voices. We were six panelists from Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, two Holocaust survivors and an Armenian-American priest.Each shared their experience…
Monday, May 4, 2015

Comcast 2015: "Music Saved My Life"

USC Shoah Foundation is currently in the second year of Days of Remembrance: PastFORWARD, a five-year partnership with Comcast to provide USC Shoah Foundation content to Comcast Xfinity customers On…
Friday, May 1, 2015