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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
Steeler Zach ‘The Hulk’ Banner, on Creating Empathy
Pittsburgh Steeler Zach Banner was about to go out on a run at 5 a.m. one day last July, when he saw a tweet about an antisemitic remark made by fellow NFLer DeSean Jackson. That morning, Banner…
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
USC Shoah Foundation Launches Web-Based Interactive Biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas Gutter on IWitness
The Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) has launched ‘Dimensions in Testimony Education’ featuring the interactive biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas…
Monday, April 26, 2021
For Armenian Family, Genocide Testimony Changes Lives, Community
In March of 1989, Dr. Sharon Aroian-Poiser traveled to Armenia to help children recover from the trauma of the 6.8 earthquake that crumbled 250 villages and killed tens of thousands of people just a…
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Lauren Cantillon Lectures on Women's Narratives of Sexual(ized) Violence During the Holocaust
“Challenging the Shame Paradigm: Jewish Women’s Narratives of Sexual(ized) Violence During the Holocaust”
Lauren Cantillon (PhD candidate in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative…
Friday, April 9, 2021
4/7-8: Liberation75 Student Education Days
Liberation75's Student Education Days are running from April 7-8, 2021, beginning at 6am PST on April 7!
Liberation75 has brought together over 15 of the world's leading Holocaust…
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
We Remember Karen Wells
We lost a giant in the fight against hate yesterday - Karen Wells, educator from Midland High School in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas, Discovery Education DEN leader, and IWitness Master Educator and…
Monday, March 22, 2021
Stronger than Hate: Our Response to Racism and the Atlanta-Area Spa Killings
Today we mourn the murder of eight people in Georgia that includes six Asian women — and we are appalled by the increased acts of anti-Asian hate and violence across the United States …
Friday, March 19, 2021
Sara Horowitz Named 2020-2021 Shapiro Scholar in Residence
Sara R. Horowitz, Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies at York University and an esteemed scholar of the Holocaust, has been named the 2020-2021 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in…
Thursday, March 18, 2021
We Remember Julio Botton
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and friend of the Institute, Julio Botton.
Julio first recorded a testimony for the Visual History Archive in 1998 and in March 2020…
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
We Remember Marcus Segal
On Monday I received a voicemail from Suzan Trevor that her father Marcus Segal had passed away. I had only just met Marcus, albeit virtually, weeks before when he shared his testimony with USC Shoah…
Thursday, March 11, 2021
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
USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Empower Students to Build Empathy Through the Power of Story
The third annual Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now open and offers students the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizing. Students aged 13-18 are encouraged to submit a project demonstrating…
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a complex of concentration and extermination camps, we take the time to honor the millions of victims of the Holocaust by listening to those…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
USC Shoah Foundation to Premiere Ruth: A Little Girl's Big Journey starring Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
USC Shoah Foundation this week will launch a Teaching with Testimony Webinar for K-5 educators featuring the exclusive global premiere of Ruth: A Little Girl’s Big Journey,…
Tuesday, January 26, 2021