News By Year and Month

With Passion and Commitment, Kim Simon, 52, Shaped Vision and Culture of USC Shoah Foundation

We are deeply saddened by the untimely loss of our friend and colleague, Kim Simon, a beloved member and leader of the USC Shoah Foundation family for nearly three decades. Kim passed away…
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Betty Grebenschikoff, 93, Holocaust Survivor Who Reunited with Childhood Friend

USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Betty Grebenschikoff, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, author, and speaker, who was reunited with a childhood friend in February 2021, 81 years after the pair…
Monday, February 27, 2023

Reflections on the First Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the devastation and human suffering continue to be staggering. Today, we remember the tens of thousands of people…
Friday, February 24, 2023

USC Shoah Foundation Launches Armenian Genocide Education—Keep the Promise Teacher Fellowship Program

USC Shoah Foundation has announced a new fellowship for a U.S.-based secondary-level educator to produce testimony-based instructional resources about the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide…
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Professor Jan Grabowski Named the 2022-2023 Shapiro Scholar in Residence

Professor Jan Grabowski, a distinguished scholar of the Holocaust in Poland will serve as the 2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide…
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Professor Jan Grabowski Named the 2022-2023 Shapiro Scholar in Residence

Professor Jan Grabowski, a distinguished scholar of the Holocaust in Poland will serve as the 2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide…
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Research Fellow Explores Treatment of Gender, Sexuality and Sexual Violence in VHA interviews

Carli Snyder is the 2022-2023 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies. Since the beginning of January, she has been in Los Angeles conducting research with Visual…
Thursday, February 2, 2023