News By Year
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
Center Announces Calls for Applications for Research Fellowships
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites applications for its research fellowships for senior scholars, advanced-standing PhD candidates, and USC undergraduate and graduate…
Friday, November 11, 2022
Countering Antisemitism through Education
USC Shoah Foundation offers a robust collection of resources, events and activities to counter antisemitism for educators and students—on the USC campus and beyond—for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Thursday, November 10, 2022
California Governor Appoints USC Shoah Foundation’s Dr. Kori Street to Holocaust Education Council
Dr. Kori Street, Deputy Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation, was recently appointed to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education.
Governor Newsom…
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Past, Present and Future: Redesigned Visual History Archive to Expand Global Access to Holocaust and Genocide Testimonies
USC President Carol L. Folt and scholars from USC and beyond gathered at the global headquarters of USC Shoah Foundation on November 11 for the public launch of the redesigned Visual History Archive,…
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Call for Applications: 2023-2024 Center Research Fellowship
Call for Applications from Senior Scholars
2023-2024 Center Research Fellowship
Deadline: January 31, 2023
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced…
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Call for Applications: 2023-2024 PhD Candidate Fellowships
Call for Applications from PhD Candidates
Greenberg Research Fellowship
USC Shoah Foundation Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson…
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Center Shares Videos from "Mass Violence and Its Lasting Impact on Indigenous Peoples" Conference
Beginning November 1, 2022, in observance of Native American Heritage Month in the United States, the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research shared at least one video per day from its…
Friday, November 4, 2022
“Righteous Diplomats” Testimony Added to Visual History Archive, Featured in New Video and Educational Material
Fifteen hours of interviews describing the actions of a group of World War II-era diplomats who defied official policies to save tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust have been added…
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
U.K Scholar to Conduct Research at Institute on Memory and the Digital Age
USC Shoah Foundation today welcomes Dr. Victoria Walden, a senior lecturer from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, who will spend the next two weeks conducting research at the Institute…
Monday, October 31, 2022
California Governor Declares Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day a Statewide Holiday, Junior Interns Use IWalk to tour Montebello Monument
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently declared that Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day—observed annually on April 24—will become a statewide holiday to be known as Genocide Awareness Day.
A…
Friday, October 28, 2022
We Remember the Tree of Life Shooting and Judah Samet, the Holocaust Survivor who Watched the Attack Unfold
Today we remember the lives lost at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. The Shabbat morning attack, in which 11 worshippers were killed and six wounded—including several…
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Dancers Give Expression to the Emotions of Testimony
East Coast dance artist Rachel Linsky combines movement and testimony to create a novel form of Holocaust education.
Rachel directs and choreographs ZACHOR, an initiative that honors…
Thursday, October 20, 2022
USC Shoah Foundation Welcomes New Leadership
USC Shoah Foundation has moved into the next chapter of its work, with noted international expert and governmental advisor on Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism Dr. Robert Williams appointed as…
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Where Technology Meets Pedagogy: New Webinars Show Teachers How to Use Testimony to Accelerate Learning
USC Shoah Foundation today launches a series of professional development webinars that provide educators with testimony-based resources that support accelerated learning practices across the…
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Rena Quint, Child Survivor, Found Herself In Her Family History
When Rena Quint was 31, a cousin from Israel came to visit her in New York. She hadn’t seen or spoken to a blood relative since she was 7 years old.
“Oh Fredzia, do you remember your sister?” her…
Friday, October 14, 2022
Passing the Torch: USC Shoah Foundation Announces Board of Councilors Leadership Transition
When Lee Liberman first viewed testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA) almost 25 years ago, she was immediately moved to action.
“We have a commitment and duty to…
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Armenian Scholar Finds Lost Songs in USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive
Pardy Minassian’s childhood in Syria was suffused with sounds from Armenia, the result of her father’s collection of more than 500 audio and video interviews he conducted over the years with Armenian…
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Call for Talented Students: USC Shoah Foundation Accepting Applications for William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program
USC Shoah Foundation is accepting applications for the highly competitive William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program that begins November 13.
Since 2014, the program has provided a dynamic and…
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
CAGR Workshop Summary - Knowledge on the Move: Information Networks During and After the Holocaust (April 2022)
“Knowledge on the Move: Information Networks During and After the Holocaust”
Research Workshop co-organized by the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute…
Friday, September 30, 2022
New IWalk Takes Users on Virtual Tour of 1941 Babyn Yar Massacre Site
Eighty-one years ago today Nazi soldiers and their collaborators committed one of the largest single massacres of the Holocaust with the murder of close to 33,000 Jews in the Babyn Yar ravine in…
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg, 96, Tireless Advocate for Remembrance
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Edward Mosberg, a Holocaust survivor whose passion for sharing his story through lectures, recorded interviews, and educational trips back to concentration…
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Who is The Memory Generation?
The pages of my copy of The Giver are totally worn. The cover has been folded and there are subsequent pages with the same type of tear. On the bottom right corner is an advertisement for a special…
Monday, September 12, 2022
Oskar Schindler’s Factory Added to USC Shoah Foundation IWalk App
USC Shoah Foundation with its partner the Schindler’s Ark Foundation has added a tour of Oskar Schindler’s former factory in what is now the Czech Republic to its mobile IWalk application, enabling…
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Call for Applications: Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship Summer 2023
Call for Applications
Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship
Summer 2023
Deadline Extended: May 7, 2023
The USC Dornsife Center for…
Thursday, September 1, 2022
We Mourn Phillip Maisel, the “Keeper of Miracles”
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of our friend Phillip Maisel, who died in Melbourne, Australia on August 22 just days after celebrating his 100th birthday.
Born in Vilnus (now Lithuania)…
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
USC Student Leaders Encouraged to Apply for Stronger Than Hate Leadership Summit
USC Shoah Foundation is accepting applications for USC student leaders to take part in the upcoming Stronger Than Hate Student Leadership Summit.
Triggered by the deadly white nationalist rally of…
Wednesday, August 24, 2022