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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
In Brno, Czech Republic, an ITeach and New IWalk
After an ITeach workshop April 15 at the Brno branch of the Jewish Museum of Prague’s Educational Center, a brand-new IWalk in Brno is now available online.Martin Šmok, USC Shoah Foundation senior…
Thursday, April 30, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education to Host Virtual Experience on May 13
USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, will host an interactive virtual experience for middle-…
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Women Share Powerful Stories of Genocide Survival and Reconstruction
(L-R: Aracely Garrido, Maral Boyadjian, Consolee Nishimwe, Jacqueline Murekatete)USC’s Human Rights and Genocide Awareness Week concluded last night…
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
We Stand together for Armenians
Thousands of people came to Times Square on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, and to demand the U.S. government recognize the slaughter of 1.5 million people as…
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
École normale supérieure (ENS) of Lyon Launches "Paroles de libérés" Exhibition
In conjunction with National Day of Remembrance of Deportation held each year in France on the last Sunday in April, ENS Lyon is mounting Paroles de libérés, a major exhibition looking at the plight…
Monday, April 27, 2015
First Armenian Interviews Go Live in Visual History Archive, As Delegation Attends Armenian Genocide Commemoration
As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide today, the stories of 60 survivors and witnesses have been given new life. Starting today, the first interviews of USC Shoah…
Friday, April 24, 2015
IWitness Launches Summer Teacher Fellowship
Eight teachers who are passionate about IWitness will engage with USC Shoah Foundation in an exciting new way this summer: a three-day teaching fellowship.The fellowship was awarded to eight teachers…
Thursday, April 23, 2015
For Michael: Մենք հիշում ենք - We Remember
For two full days in June 2010, while the camera was rolling in Thousand Oaks in the Hagopian’s living room, I had the privilege of being behind the camera while the late Jacob Michael Hagopian was…
Thursday, April 23, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation Delegation Delivers 60 Testimonies to Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute
The first 60 interviews from USC Shoah Foundation’s Armenian Genocide Collection are now safely in the hands of the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute.A delegation from USC Shoah Foundation is…
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Roma/Sinti Educational Resource “Giving Memory a Future” Presented at Council of Europe
(Milena Santerini, center, presenting Giving Memory a Future to the Council of Europe)USC Shoah Foundation’s educational resource Giving…
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
"Past is Present" in Action: Christine Cole
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, April 20, 2015