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Commemorate World Refugee Day with 24 Hours of Testimony
June 20 is recognized by the United Nations as International Refugee Day to raise awareness of the plight of the refugees around the world. For World Refugee Day 2016 USC Shoah Foundation presents 24…
Friday, June 17, 2016
10 Interesting Facts about the Refugee Experience
June 20th is recognized by the United Nations as International Refugee Day to raise awareness of the plight of the refugees around the world. In the Visual History Archive, the testimonies of…
Friday, June 17, 2016
Next Generation Council Member Sam Pond Hosts Fundraising Event in Philadelphia
Ruth Hernandez, the first winner of the IWitness Video Challenge and currently a Junior Intern at USC Shoah Foundation, was one of the main speakers at a fundraising event in Philadelphia hosted by…
Thursday, June 16, 2016
New Dimensions in Testimony Wins Two Awards at Sheffield Doc Fest
USC Shoah Foundation received two top honors Tuesday at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, the third-largest documentary festival in the world.
The Institute took the audience and jury prizes in the…
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Watch Moderated Discussion with International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Friday, June 17
Join USC Shoah Foundation for an informative conversation with International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s Executive Secretary Kathrin Meyer, PhD, on Friday, June 17 in USC’s Leavey Library…
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Honoring the Youngest Female Survivor of Schindler's List
“Oskar Schindler saved my life but Steven Spielberg gave me a voice,” Holocaust survivor Celina Biniaz.
On June 9th, 2016, I attended an event sponsored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin…
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Center for Advanced Genocide Research Staff Visit American University of Paris
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research staff took their first trip to the American University of Paris (AUP) last month, the first visit since a partnership between the two…
Friday, June 10, 2016
Educator Workshop in Massachusetts on Teaching the Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts, and the Genocide Education Project will host a workshop for educators on how to incorporate testimony of Armenian Genocide…
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Announcing the IWitness Video Challenge Regional Finalists
Maya Montell in "Community of Poetry" from Readington Middle School, New Jersey The IWitness Video Challenge invited students from all over North America and…
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Twenty New Testimonies Recorded for Nanjing Massacre Collection
USC Shoah Foundation staff are currently in Nanjing, China, to record about 20 more testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors.Cheng Fang, research specialist for the Nanjing Massacre collection, and…
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Remembering Gay Pioneer Bertram Schaffner
A boy caught between two worldsBertram Schaffner’s story is a unique one because of the multiple roles he played as a gay German American during the period that saw the rise of Nazi Germany and World…
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Rwandan Teachers Build New IWitness Activities
After nearly three years of the IWitness in Rwanda program, IWitness will debut new activities created by some of the teachers who participated in the program.Five activities about the 1994 Genocide…
Monday, June 6, 2016
“Teaching and Learning About the Holocaust” Educator Seminar in North Carolina June 4
Rob Hadley, USC Shoah Foundation education consultant in the U.S., will lead an introductory IWitness workshop at the one-day seminar “Teaching and Learning About the Holocaust” Saturday, June 4, in…
Friday, June 3, 2016
Paula Cuellar Cuellar Awarded 2016-17 Center Graduate Research Fellowship
Paula Cuellar Cuellar, Ph.D. candidate in history and human rights at the University of Minnesota, will be in residence at USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research this fall as the…
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Stephen Smith and New Dimensions in Testimony at Sheffield Doc Fest June 10-15
In just one week, the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival will showcase USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony project as an example of one…
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Center for Advanced Genocide Research Welcomes Summer Research Fellows
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research will host a steady stream of undergraduate, graduate and faculty fellows this summer who will conduct research in the Visual History Archive…
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Yad Vashem to Honor Branko Lustig and Hollywood Reporter in Los Angeles
The American Society for Yad Vashem will honor Holocaust survivors in Hollywood at its annual gala in Los Angeles June 6, inspired by The Hollywood Reporter’s landmark story “Hollywood’s Last…
Friday, May 27, 2016
Tearing Off the Label: Resistance as a State of Mind
The young Nazi approached 13-year-old Szulem Czygielmamn as he walked on the sidewalk of Lubartowska Street in Lublin, Poland, and shoved him off the sidewalk. Szulem was lucky; Jews had died for…
Friday, May 27, 2016
Rwanda Peace Education Program Concludes, Measures Impact of USC Shoah Foundation in Rwanda
Educators in Rwanda share their thoughts on IWitness at Kigali Genocide Memorial
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Institute Staff Attend IHRA Meetings in Bucharest
USC Shoah Foundation Managing Director Kim Simon and Director of Education Kori Street are in Bucharest, Romania, this week at the bi-annual plenary meeting of the International Holocaust…
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Application Open for Advanced “Echoes and Reflections” Seminar at USC Shoah Foundation
USC Shoah Foundation is searching for Echoes and Reflections-trained educators who are passionate about teaching, interested in creating IWitness lessons and dedicated to impacting student learning…
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
New on IWitness: Hungarian Clips and Download Tool
IWitness’s popular Watch page, which features curated testimony clips and accompanying educational materials, has added new content and features in…
Monday, May 23, 2016
Armenian Genocide Collection to be Translated and Subtitled
USC Shoah Foundation’s Armenian Genocide Collection is in the process of being transcribed, translated and subtitled in English, so that more scholars, students and the public can watch the…
Friday, May 20, 2016
Teresa Walch Awarded First Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s inaugural Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies for 2016-2017 has been awarded to Teresa Walch, Ph.D. candidate in modern…
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Genocide Awareness Month Engages Big Audience on Social Media
USC Shoah Foundation’s social media accounts helped thousands of people around the world share and commemorate Genocide Awareness Month…
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
WWII Veteran Reunites with Man he Liberated from Dachau 71 Years Ago
You never know what you will find in the Visual History Archive. You hear stories of survival, death, life, hope and even friendship amidst the chaos of genocide. Sidney Shafner and Marcel Levy have…
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Exhibit on Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Opens at Jewish Museum in Prague
"Stranded in Shanghai,” an exhibit featuring testimonies from the Visual History Archive, opened at the Jewish Museum in Prague on Thursday, May 11.“Stranded in Shanghai” remembers the unique…
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
USC Shoah Foundation Adds New Holocaust Testimony Collection from JFCS to its Visual History Archive
More than 900 Holocaust testimonies recorded over four decades by the Jewish Family and Children Services Holocaust Center of San Francisco (JFCS) are now fully integrated into USC Shoah Foundation’s…
Monday, May 16, 2016
Center for Advanced Genocide Research Awards Katja Schatte 2016-17 Greenberg Fellowship
Katja Schatte, a scholar of postwar East German Jewish history, will be in residence at USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in spring 2017 as the Center’s 2016-17 Greenberg…
Friday, May 13, 2016
IWitness Video Challenge Deadline Friday, May 13
Today is the last day for educators to submit their students’ work to the 2016 IWitness Video Challenge.The challenge invites students from all over North America to be inspired by the voices in…
Thursday, May 12, 2016