News By Year
May Their Memories Be A Blessing
The Institute mourns the passing of members of our community in 2020, including survivors who have given testimony Hanna Pankowsky, Dario Gabbai, Anneliese Nossbaum, Éva Székely, Itka Zygmuntowicz,…
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Holocaust Survivors awarded Germany’s Order of Merit
In recognition of their service as witnesses to the Holocaust, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honored survivors Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Henrietta Kretz with the highest civilian honor,…
Friday, December 18, 2020
2020 Year in Review
As we wrap up a very challenging year for many across the globe, we want to share highlights of just some of the work our Institute team and our partners have accomplished during the ongoing pandemic…
Friday, December 18, 2020
We Remember George Weiss, Holocaust Survivor, Artist, Institute Volunteer, Friend
USC Shoah Foundation today mourns the loss of a close friend, George Weiss, a longtime volunteer with the Institute and a Holocaust survivor who endured homelessness and life on the run as a young…
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Remembering Moshe Taube
We are very saddened at the USC Shoah Foundation to learn that our friend and Holocaust survivor Cantor Moshe Taube has passed away at age 93. Cantor Taube was among 1,200 Jews saved by Oskar…
Friday, December 11, 2020
The Last Goodbye: Now Available on Oculus Rift!
The Last Goodbye virtual reality experience is now available on Oculus Rift.
Four years ago, Pinchas Gutter traveled back to the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland, where he had been imprisoned…
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
My Reluctant Encounter With the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
I never intended to spend months listening to Holocaust testimonies.
My name is Chaya Nove, I am a sociolinguist working on a doctoral dissertation about language change in Yiddish vowels…
Monday, November 30, 2020
In Memoriam: Sharon Gillerman
We are very saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend and valued colleague Dr. Sharon Gillerman on November 20, 2020, at the age of 60.
Sharon was a…
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Florida's Statewide "Willesden READS" attracts Thousands of Students and Educators
During Florida’s Holocaust Education Week, 12,000 students and educators from school districts across the state experienced a livestreamed theatrical performance and concert with author and virtuoso…
Friday, November 20, 2020
Countering Hate: FBI Report Highlights Need for Concerted Response to Hate Crimes
A new FBI report says hate crimes increased dramatically last year by the highest margin since 2008.
Antisemitic hate crimes rose by 14 percent with a total of 953 hate crimes recorded against…
Friday, November 20, 2020
USC Shoah Foundation Offers Dimensions in Testimony to Online Students and Educators in IWitness
USC Shoah Foundation has launched a path-breaking online teaching tool to enable students and educators to ask questions that prompt real-time recorded responses from Holocaust survivor Pinchas…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Testimonies and Resistance at Treblinka: Reflections from 2020-2021 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellow Chad Gibbs
My recent stay at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my academic career. From the remarkable power and content of…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The Sacred Duties of Democracy: Gerda Weissmann Klein
Four generations: Gerda Klein with her great-granddaughter Kayla, granddaughter Alysa Cooper and her daughter Vivian Ullman
As Americans head to the polls on Election Day, Alysa Cooper,…
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
"For Me, It’s Never Over"
Over the past five years, USC Shoah Foundation has documented the stories of experts and witnesses to contemporary antisemitism as part of our Countering Antisemitism Through Testimony Program …
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
'Stronger Than Hate @ USC' Kicks Off Events
'Stronger Than Hate @ USC' kicked off the first virtual event in a four-part series confronting hate at USC, past, present, and future.
USC President Carol Folt addressed attendees…
Friday, October 23, 2020
We Remember Itka Zygmuntowicz
We are very saddened at the USC Shoah Foundation to learn that our friend and Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz passed away October 9, 2020, at the age of 94.
Born Ito Frajman in 1926 in…
Monday, October 12, 2020
USC Shoah Foundation awarded national distinguished building honor The American Architecture Award®
USC Shoah Foundation has been awarded the nation’s prestigious distinguished building award – The American Architecture Award® for 2020 – for its new global headquarters at the University of Southern…
Friday, October 9, 2020
We Remember Millie Zuckerman
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Millie Zuckerman, Holocaust survivor and longtime friend of the Institute.
Millie was surrounded by her family when she passed…
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Call for Applications: 2021-2022 PhD Candidate Fellowships
Call for Applications from PhD Candidates
Greenberg Research Fellowship
Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship
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Monday, October 5, 2020
Chad Gibbs Lectures on Women and Spaces of Resistance at Treblinka
“Locating Women in the Revolt: Gender and Spaces of Resistance at Treblinka”
Chad Gibbs (PhD Candidate in History, University of Wisconsin at Madison)
2020-2021 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson…
Thursday, October 1, 2020
First Museum Dedicated to Testimony
An Unprecedented Partnership with Orlando Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity
The Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida has partnered with USC Shoah Foundation to be a…
Thursday, October 1, 2020
The USC Shoah Foundation Leadership Workshop—Action and Values
This summer, USC Shoah Foundation education team hosted their annual Leadership Workshop—Action and Values presented by the William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program.
The workshop calls for…
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Remembering Holocaust survivor Sol Gringlas
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Sol Gringlas, who survived both the Nordhausen and Auschwitz concentration camps.
Sol passed away in May of 2020. He was 100.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Families of Survivors Keeping Memories Alive Through Art
Wilma Bulkin Siegel was seven years old in 1945 when her father took her to the movies to watch newsreels of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
“Why couldn’t I have done something about…
Thursday, September 24, 2020
USC Shoah Foundation Launches New Partnership with JewishGen.org
USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with JewishGen.org, an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, to integrate an index of data from nearly 50…
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
2020 Stronger Than Hate Challenge Winners Exemplify the Power of Youth Voices to Overcome Hate
USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education announced the winners of the 2020 Stronger Than Hate Challenge. The Challenge and the 2020 winners exemplify the power of youth voices to connect…
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Allison Somogyi lectures about discourses surrounding sexual violence in post-war testimonies
“Walking a Fine Line: Hungarian-Jewish Survivors and the Discourse Surrounding Sexual Violence in Postwar Testimonies”
Allison Somogyi
USC-Yale Postdoctoral Research Fellow
August 27, 2020
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Survey Shows Holocaust Education and Survivor Testimony Has Profound Impacts
A new national survey administered by Lucid Collaborative LLC and YouGov shows that Holocaust education in high school reflects gains not only in historical knowledge but also manifests in…
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
A USC student was told her Zionism ‘made her complicit in racism’ — Read the OpEd by Stephen Smith
Read our executive director's opinion in the Forward.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Tribute to Arnold Spielberg
Arnold Spielberg relaxes with USC Shoah Foundation Founding Executive Director June Beallor and Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman
By Sam Gustman
I have been the Chief Technology…
Wednesday, September 2, 2020