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One Last Time
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch had a lucky moment while being processed at the Sauna in Auschwitz-Birkenau. One of the girls processing her asked her what she did prior to landing in that place of…
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Information Sessions for 2015 Problems Without Passports Rwanda: Thurs., Jan. 22 and Wed., Jan. 28
USC Shoah Foundation will once again offer USC students the opportunity to study post-genocide reconstruction in Rwanda this summer on the annual “Rebuilding Rwanda: Memory, Testimony, and…
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
At Auschwitz, USC Shoah Foundation helps commemorate historic anniversary
Seventy years after the camp was liberated, institute helps bring survivors, teachers and others to milestone event.On a bitter cold day in January 1945, the Soviet Army – pushing across Nazi Germany…
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Preserving Auschwitz
Auschwitz should never have existed, so why are we so keen to cling onto it? Would it not be reasonable to scrub it from the landscape, remove the very thought of what it represents from our minds,…
Monday, January 19, 2015
Teaching with Testimony Graduate Teaches Course for Health Students at University of Debrecen
The Holocaust may not seem obviously relevant for Hungarian students studying for their master’s in social work, nursing and other health-related topics. But a Teaching with Testimony in the 21st…
Friday, January 16, 2015
Inside IWitness: “No Place on Earth"
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 classroomStudents learn the…
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Program „Auschwitz - Przeszłość jest obecna” wspiera oficjalne obchody 70. rocznicy wyzwolenia niemieckiego nazistowskiego obozu śmierci Auschwitz
USC Shoah Foundation - Instytut Historii Wizualnej i Edukacji i Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu wesprze oficjalne obchody 70. rocznicy wyzwolenia Auschwitz, które odbędą się 27…
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Researcher to Provide New Insight in World War II Atrocities Committed in Nazi-Occupied Ukraine
In an event that underscores the expanding mission of USC Shoah Foundation, a scholar-in-residence at the Institute will give a public talk Jan. 15 about his cutting-edge research and upcoming book…
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Auschwitz Survivors Tell Their Stories in New CNN Documentary to be Shown in Pre-Release Screening at USC
USC Shoah Foundation and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism will present an advance screening on Jan. 15 of “Voices of Auschwitz,” a new CNN documentary telling the stories of four…
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Karen Jungblut, Director of Research and Documentation, Attends Nanjing Massacre Commemoration in China
Three months after collecting 18 new testimonies for USC Shoah Foundation’s Nanjing Massacre collection, Karen Jungblut, director of research and documentation, returned to Nanjing, China, to observe…
Monday, January 12, 2015
Educators and Experts Gather for Association of Holocaust Organizations Winter Seminar
By Cat VazquezNext week the USC Shoah Foundation will host the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) 2015 Winter Seminar: “Fading Memories and Emerging Voices: The Changing State of Holocaust…
Friday, January 9, 2015
Inside IWitness: "Information Quest: Helen Fagin"
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 the…
Thursday, January 8, 2015
PANT Civic Association Features Testimony in Educational Resource “Shared Borders, Shared Stories”
“Shared Borders, Shared Stories,” an audiovisual resource for educators in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, examines pieces of shared history connected with stories of refugees, escapees, anti…
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Holocaust Survivor Roman Ferber Donates Book to USC Shoah Foundation
Andrew Ferber, son of Holocaust survivor Roman Ferber, visited USC Shoah Foundation to present the Institute with a copy of his father’s book Journey of Ashes: A Boyhood in the Holocaust. The book is…
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Join #BeginsWithMe, USC Shoah Foundation’s Social Media Campaign
Today marks the launch of #BeginsWithMe, a social media campaign led by USC Shoah Foundation that encourages people to share what they will do to learn from the Holocaust and help fight prejudice and…
Monday, January 5, 2015
Genocide Survivor Rosalina Tuyuc Works with USC Shoah Foundation on Guatemala Testimony Project
By Cat VazquezMany years after the Guatemala Genocide officially ended, survivors and witnesses work together to…
Friday, January 2, 2015