News By Year and Month
Alan Rosen Lectures about Jewish Calendars During the Holocaust
“How the Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars Bear Witness”
Alan Rosen (Recipient of the 2020 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research)
April 21, 2021
For the last lecture in its…
Monday, May 31, 2021
Tribute to Roman Kent "Hate is Never Right and Love is Never Wrong"
A distinguished voice of history has been lost today in the passing of Auschwitz survivor Roman Kent, who captured the agony of the Holocaust and the power of love in his telling of a simple story…
Friday, May 21, 2021
New Testimonies Spanning More than a Century Added to Visual History Archive
Ivy Schamis, teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, recorded a testimony as a witness to contemporary antisemitism in 2019.
USC Shoah Foundation has added 132 testimonies to its Visual…
Monday, May 17, 2021
Mona Golabek Brings ‘Willesden Lane’ to New York City/Tri-state Audiences
USC Shoah Foundation partner and celebrated pianist Mona Golabek is scheduled to bring her livestreamed theatrical performance and concert to students and educators in New York, New Jersey, and…
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Testimony of Espionage, Scheming, and Survival Reunites and Expands a Family
Above: One branch of the Scheinman family, which expanded considerably after cousin Zoe found and reached out to descendants of the ten children of Shmuel and Feige Scheinman, her husband’s great…
Monday, May 10, 2021
Jewish James Bond Aided MI6 and Fellow Prisoners
André, on the right, with his parents, Max and Regina, and an aunt at a café in Paris in 1939. Max and Regina were killed in Auschwitz in 1942.
Joseph André Scheinmann and his family were forced…
Monday, May 10, 2021
The Visual History Archive is now at Harvard University
USC Shoah Foundation recently launched the Visual History Archive at Harvard University, establishing a powerful bridge from coast to coast, including a vibrant and timely panel discussion examining…
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
20,000 To Gather at Virtual Conference for Survivors, Family and Community
Decades ago, Marilyn Sinclair made a promise to her father – that she would plan a gathering for Holocaust survivors and their families like the 5,000-person conference she and her father attended in…
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
2020 Lev Fellows Present on Their Research with Testimonies
“Research With Testimonies: Featuring the Center's 2020 Lev Student Research Fellows”
Lucy Sun (USC undergraduate student, History major) and Rachel Zaretsky (MFA candidate in Art, USC Roski…
Monday, May 3, 2021
Florian Zabransky Lectures about Male Jewish Intimacy and Agency in Oral History Interviews
“Speaking About Sexuality: Male Jewish Intimacy and Agency in Oral History Interviews”
Florian Zabransky (PhD candidate at the Weidenfeld Institute–Centre for German-Jewish Studies at University…
Monday, May 3, 2021