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Kiss László emlékére
A USC Soá Alapítvány mély megrendüléssel emlékezik meg Kiss Lászlóról, az auschwitz-birkenau-i láger túlélőjéről, akinek meghatározó szerepe volt a USC Soá Alapítvány magyarországi oktatási…
Friday, January 28, 2022
László Kiss, Twin Who Survived Auschwitz, Played Key Role in Hungarian Holocaust Education
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the loss of László Kiss, a survivor of Auschwitz who played an integral role in USC Shoah Foundation’s educational efforts in Hungary. László died January 25 at the age of…
Friday, January 28, 2022
The Willesden Project and The Conscious Kid Launch Hold on to Your Music Reading
To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, USC Shoah Foundation, The Willesden Project, and The Conscious Kid today launch a video read-along of Hold on to Your Music, the children’s…
Friday, January 28, 2022
Visiting Scholar from Spain Exploring Roma, Sinti Testimonies in Visual History Archive
Annabel Carballo-Mesa is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona. Since January 17 she has been in Los Angeles conducting research with Visual History Archive (VHA) testimonies for a…
Thursday, January 27, 2022
New Virtual IWalk Web App Brings Remote Users to Holocaust-Related Historical Sites
USC Shoah Foundation today launches a new Virtual IWalk web app that enables students and teachers to tour historic sites online while watching and listening to witness testimonies from the Visual…
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Liberation Through a 15-Year-Old’s Eyes—Fear, Relief, Uncertainty
For weeks, Eva (Geiringer) Schloss and a small band of young women had been exploring the far corners of the women’s section of Auschwitz-Birkenau, alone and, for the first time in months, unwatched…
Friday, January 21, 2022
Scholar Lab Experiments with Novel Approach to Exploring Antisemitism
Dr. Josh Kun, who won a 2016 MacArthur "genius” grant for his unbounded thinking and artistry, doesn’t like to compartmentalize. A scholar of culture, social politics, history and communications, he…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The long arc of history bends towards justice
Rabbi Gunther Plaut was born in Germany and escaped to the United States in 1935, two years after the Nazi rise to power. He later immigrated to Canada, where he became rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple…
Monday, January 17, 2022
He Helped Rescue Thousands from the Nazis, Then Kept His Story Quiet for Decades
In a five-hour interview with USC Shoah Foundation, Justus Rosenberg refers to himself as “small fry,” “a cog,” an unimportant person. And perhaps it was for this reason that for decades, the Bard…
Monday, January 10, 2022
Two Holocaust Survivors and Friends of USC Shoah Foundation Honored By Queen Elizabeth II
Two Holocaust survivors and friends of USC Shoah Foundation, Max Eisen and Dr. Agnes Kaposi, have been recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for their work in Holocaust education.
Eisen was appointed…
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Barnabas Balint Awarded 2021-2022 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship
Barnabas Balint, a PhD candidate at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, UK, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship at the USC Dornsife Center for…
Monday, January 3, 2022
Charlotte Kiechel Awarded 2021-2022 Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
Charlotte Kiechel, a Ph.D. candidate in Global History at Yale University, has been awarded the 2021-2022 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies. She will be in…
Monday, January 3, 2022
Lilia Tomchuk Awarded 2021-2022 Greenberg Research Fellowship
Lilia Tomchuk, a PhD candidate at the Fritz Bauer Institute at Goethe University Frankfurt, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship at the USC Dornsife Center…
Monday, January 3, 2022