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The Belt

The young boy was walking down the street in Łodz, Poland, when he spotted the treasure. He could not believe his luck! He picked up the belt admiring its beautiful etchings and the decorative metal…
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Remembering Irving Roth

We are very saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Irving Roth on February 16, 2021, at the age of 91. A survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, Roth was a…
Friday, February 19, 2021

A Retrospective Exhibition That Almost Was [George Weiss, 1933-2020] - A remembrance by Peg LeVine

In his testimonial archived with the USC Shoah Foundation, George Weiss spoke to the dread and exile he endured as a child during Nazi Party rule. This chronicle is about the man who sculptured all…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation to Launch Tattooed Torah Animated Film on IWitness

USC Shoah Foundation will next week launch the U.S. premiere of The Tattooed Torah, an animated film that tells the inspirational story of a Torah rescued and restored after the Holocaust. …
Friday, February 5, 2021

National World War II Museum and Cincinnati Holocaust Center Open Dimensions in Testimony Installations

Two museums have opened installations of Dimensions in Testimony, USC Shoah Foundation's interactive biography series. In New Orleans, visitors to the National World…
Friday, February 5, 2021

Military Coup in Myanmar Puts Rohingya and Other Minorities at Risk

The coup in Myanmar earlier this week, ending the country's experiment with limited democracy, brought to power military and police implicated in carrying out genocide against the Rohingya…
Friday, February 5, 2021

Call for Applications: Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship Summer 2021

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites research proposals from USC undergraduate students and USC graduate students for the 2021 Beth and Arthur Lev Student…
Monday, February 1, 2021