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In Memory of Erna Viterbi

USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the passing of Erna Viterbi, philanthropist and longtime supporter of USC Shoah Foundation. Erna Finci Viterbi, a descendant of Sephardic Jews, was…
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

USC Students: Enter Student Voices Short Film Contest

USC students have until March 16, 2015 to enter this year’s Student Voices Short Film Contest. Each year, Student Voices encourages students of all majors at USC to create short films…
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Year-Long Guest Book Gathers Nearly 150 Responses from Around the World

Seventeen countries, 28 states and 122 cities later, the USC Shoah Foundation 20th Anniversary Guest Book is officially closed.Based on an idea by former USC Shoah Foundation publicist Krystal Szabo,…
Monday, February 16, 2015

New Anti-Semitism Activity Published on IWitness

In January 2015, the Institute published a new IWitness activity, A Thing of the Past? Anti-Semitism Past and Present. This video editing activity examines anti-Semitism in historical and…
Friday, February 13, 2015

Inside IWitness: “Information Quest: Kurt Messerschmidt”

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.Kurt Messerschmidt…
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Three Days in Auschwitz

I expected to feel an intimate and profound connection to Auschwitz after touring the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for the first time late last month. After three consecutive days visiting and…
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Teachers Learn to Build IWitness Activities at Kigali Genocide Memorial

By Cat VazquezTeachers gathered at Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, last month to learn how to build their own IWitness activities for their classrooms. The workshop was supported by the…
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Wolf Gruner, Director of Center for Advanced Genocide Research, To Speak on Panel at UCLA

UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies will host Wolf Gruner and other Holocaust and genocide scholars in a panel discussion Thurs., Feb. 12. The talk will be held at 4 pm in 10383 Bunche Hall on the…
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

An unforgettable trip to an unimaginable place

Last month, I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Warsaw and Krakow with USC Shoah Foundation’s mission to Poland for the Auschwitz: Past is Present program, commemorating the 70th anniversary…
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Three New IWitness Activities About Children from Liberation Photo

As part of USC Shoah Foundation's commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz, which took place 70 years ago on January 27, 1945, IWitness has just published three new Information Quest activities…
Monday, February 9, 2015

Stephen Smith to Speak at Armenian Genocide Symposium

USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith will speak at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s Armenian Genocide symposium this Sunday, Feb. 8. The symposium, titled …
Friday, February 6, 2015

Greenberg Research Fellow Jared McBride Identifies Holocaust Victims and Perpetrators Through Testimony

By Aleksandra VisserUSC Shoah Foundation InternFor Jared McBride, the 2014-2015 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Fellow, using multimedia…
Friday, February 6, 2015

Inside IWitness: "1936 Olympics: Competing and Inspiring"

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.In the Video…
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Promising to Remember

“My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. And I am Jewish.” Those were the words I kept repeating to myself as I boarded my flight from JFK to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration…
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Malach Center at Charles University Celebrates 5 Years as Visual History Archive Access Site

The Malach Center for Visual History at Charles University in Prague marked its fifth year as a full access site of the Visual History Archive with a conference that brought together local…
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Pražské Centrum vizuální historie Malach oslavilo již pátý rok existence

Přístupový bod k archivu vizuální historie USC Shoah Foundation, pražské Centrum vizuální historie Malach, oslavilo již pátý rok existence. Jeho posláním je poskytovat odborníkům i široké…
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Proposals for Student and Greenberg Fellowships and Music Workshop Due March 1

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research is seeking proposals for three exciting opportunities: the USC Student Research Fellowships, Greenberg Research Fellowship, and the…
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Two New Fellowships Accepting Proposals, Due March 16

USC Shoah Foundation invites professors to apply for its summer 2015 teaching fellowships. Applications for both fellowships are due March 16, 2015.The 2015 Teaching Fellows program will provide…
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Call for Proposals: Rutman Teaching Fellow Program, 2015-16

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education invites proposals for its 2015-16 Rutman Teaching Fellow program that will provide summer support for one member of the…
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Call for Proposals: Teaching Fellow Program: Summer, 2015

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education invites proposals for its 2015 Teaching Fellows program that will provide summer support for faculty at the Institute’s Visual…
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

CSS South Quadrant School in England Observes Holocaust Memorial Day with IWitness

Students at CSS South Quadrant in England observed Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 with a unique IWitness installation led by teacher Tony Cole.CSS South Quadrant, in Basildon, Essex, holds a…
Monday, February 2, 2015

USC Shoah Foundation helps commemorate Auschwitz liberation anniversary

It took months of preparation. But there is little one can do to prepare for a visit to Auschwitz.On Tuesday, staff members of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education…
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Auschwitz As We Know It

Auschwitz was one of five death camps established by the Nazis in Poland where Jews were taken to be murdered during the so-called “Final Solution,” a euphemism for the their genocide. We know it…
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Finding the Children Behind the Barbed Wire

When commemorating historical events of the past, we often turn to archival photographs for a glimpse of what these events looked like. At USC Shoah Foundation, one particular photograph has…
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

100 Auschwitz survivors convene in historic gathering

The sense of history in the making was palpable Monday in Krakow, Poland, where more than 20 staff members of USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education attended a…
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Finding the Children Behind the Barbed Wire

When commemorating historical events of the past, we often turn to archival photographs for a glimpse of what these events looked like. At USC Shoah Foundation, one particular photograph has…
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Teachers, students learn lessons of Auschwitz firsthand

As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, it falls to future generations to ensure their stories remain vibrant and strong.With that in mind, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual…
Monday, January 26, 2015

Inside IWitness: “Information Quest: Kizito Kalima”

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 classroomThe Kizito Kalima…
Thursday, January 22, 2015