News By Year and Month

Remembering those we lost in 2022

The Institute mourns the passing of members of our community in 2021, including survivors who have given testimony, Joe Adamson, Helen Fagin, Sigmund Burke, Vera Gissing, Gerda Weissmann Klein,…
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Hogan’s Heroes Actor Robert Clary, 96, Survived the Holocaust and Committed Himself to Remembrance

In September 1994, Hogan’s Heroes actor Robert Clary stepped up to be among the first 100 Holocaust survivors to be interviewed by Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, the organization…
Monday, December 5, 2022

Journey to a New World: Edith Maniker’s Life After the Kindertransport

Today marks the 84th anniversary of the Kindertransport, the rescue operation that beginning in 1938 helped nearly 10,000 Jewish children escape to the United Kingdom from Germany and Nazi-controlled…
Friday, December 2, 2022

Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Robert Williams Appointed as Advisor to The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) today announced the appointment of USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Robert Williams as Advisor to the IHRA for a…
Friday, December 2, 2022