News By Year and Month
Murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in Paris underscores the loneliness of the Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism
Mireille Knoll managed to survive the Nazis during the Holocaust, but antisemitism is ancient and tenacious, and its tentacles finally caught up with her last week at her home in Paris.
The 85…
Friday, March 30, 2018
Christopher Browning Talks About the Changing Attitudes of Witness Testimony in Genocide Studies
Despite the testimony of many witnesses to his Nazi-era crimes, Walther Becker walked out of a German courtroom a free man. The judge in the case – who was later revealed to have his own Nazi…
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Women at Nuremberg: Jane Lester
Editor’s Note: Narratives surrounding the Nuremberg Trials overwhelmingly focus on the men. From U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson to the notorious Nazi leader Hermann Goering, the legacy of…
Monday, March 26, 2018
The Otherworldliness of the Holocaust
Living through the Holocaust was such a strange and overwhelming experience, survivors often found it difficult to find ways to describe it.
In her lecture “Phantom Geographies in Representations…
Monday, March 26, 2018
One Step Away: A Nazi Congressman in the USA?
It’s hard to imagine I’m even typing this sentence, but an avowed Holocaust denier on Tuesday became the official Republican nominee for an upcoming congressional election in Illinois.
Arthur…
Friday, March 23, 2018
A Child Holocaust Survivor Bases Book on Mother's Testimony
Sara Eizenberg gave testimony to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive in 1995. Born in 1911 in the Dutch city of The Hague, she went on to live in Australia after surviving the Bergen-Belsen…
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation adds 5 IWitness activities in Spanish about Guatemala Genocide
USC Shoah Foundation’s education team has launched a new set of IWitness activities related to survivors of the Guatemalan Genocide. Authored by our partners, Guatemalan Forensic…
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Artist and Holocaust Survivor, Kalman Aron passes away at 93
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn about the passing of Kalman Aron, a Holocaust survivor who created in paint the horrors he witnessed during World War II. He died on Feb. 24. He was 93.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation Adds Large Collection of Armenian Genocide Testimony to its Archive
EDITOR'S NOTE: A pilot of 10 new Armenian testimonies – seven in English and three in Armenian – are available to the public in the Institute’s Visual History Archive Online. The rest will be added…
Thursday, March 8, 2018
An incredible woman: Vera Laska joined the Czech resistance, saved Jewish lives as a teenager
Vera Laska was born Vera Oravec on July 21, 1928, in Kosice, Czechoslovakia.
Vera was not Jewish, but she went to an all-girls public school and had many Jewish friends. She originally wanted to…
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Philippe Sands Lecture Summary
Philippe Sands (University College London)
"Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity under International Law: A Personal Story"
February 26, 2018
Philippe Sands, Professor of Law and Director…
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Summer 2017 Fellows Presentation Summary
"USC Research With Testimonies: Featuring the Center's Summer 2017 Research Fellows"
Noha Ayoub and Maria Zalewska (University of Southern California)
February 8, 2018
The USC…
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Liberator Jim Sanders Passes Away at the Age of 93
We are sorry to hear about the recent passing of Jim Sanders, who wrote a book chronicling his experience liberating Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Sanders was recognized by USC…
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Call for Applications: Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship Summer 2018
Call for Applications
Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship
Summer 2018
The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites…
Friday, March 2, 2018