News By Year and Month
Boredom and Excitement at Sea: Jewish Refugees' Experiences on Shanghai-bound Ships
Between 1938 and 1940 an estimated 17,000 mostly Austrian and German Jews traveled from Europe to Shanghai, many on luxury liners. They were escaping the upsurge of violent antisemitism in Europe and…
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Center Will Cohost Lessons & Legacies 2024
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research will cohost the 17th biennial Lessons & Legacies conference, which will take place at Claremont McKenna College and the University of…
Monday, April 24, 2023
Recovered Testimony Brings Light, More Questions, to an Armenian Family
Over the past month, for the first time, I listened to the testimony of my late great-grandmother, Mary Antekelian, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. The interview is an audio recording, but I…
Monday, April 24, 2023
We Remember Concentration Camp Liberator Alan Moskin, 96, Advocate for Holocaust Education and Remembrance
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened by the passing of Alan Moskin, a Jewish veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces who, at the age of 18, helped liberate Gunskirchern, a subcamp of Mauthausen Concentration…
Thursday, April 20, 2023
In Actor Gal Gadot's Living Room, Schindler's List Survivor Inspires Generations
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot opened her Los Angeles home to friends and family earlier this week to commemorate Yom HaShoah by hosting an intimate conversation with Holocaust survivor Celina Biniaz,…
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Brazilian Scholar Studies Testimonies Related to Anti-Nazi Resistance in Latin America
As the Nazis assumed power in Germany in 1933, many artists and intellectuals opposed to the regime sought refuge in Latin America, particularly in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.
Raíssa Alonso,…
Thursday, April 20, 2023
One Youth Group, An Army, and Two Uprisings—The Resistance of Joseph Greenblatt
Joseph Greenblatt believes it was the antisemitic taunts he endured throughout his childhood in Warsaw that led him to a life of resistance. He was a key player in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,…
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Ben Ferencz (1920-2023): In His Own Words
In July 2020, Ben Ferencz, the last remaining Nuremberg prosecutor who died earlier this month, sat for a Dimensions in Testimony Education interview.
Below are excerpts from the three-day…
Monday, April 17, 2023
Dimensions in Testimony Education Releases Interview with Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz
Ben Ferencz, the last remaining prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials who passed away in Florida earlier this month, gave countless interviews over the course of his illustrious career.
But surely…
Monday, April 17, 2023
New Partnership to Integrate USC Shoah Foundation Testimonies into Latin American Curriculum
USC Shoah Foundation and The Latin American Network for Education on the Shoah (Red LAES) today launch an educational partnership dedicated to the study, teaching, and dissemination of Spanish…
Monday, April 17, 2023
Theary Seng
One morning in 1978, Theary Seng awoke alongside her younger brother in their prison cell in Boeng Rai Security Center, about 100 kilometers south of their hometown of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The…
Monday, April 17, 2023
Nearly 80 Years After The Holocaust, A Survivor Tells His Story
Gerald Szames is 2, maybe 3 years old. He is standing at the foot of the bed, looking at his mother. She is sick, propped up on a pile of pillows.
He has other flashes of memories of life…
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
On International Roma Day, We Remember Roma and Sinti Victims Lost During the Holocaust
April 8 is International Roma Day, an opportunity to celebrate the Romani and Sinti culture and raise awareness about the challenges faced by Europe’s largest ethnic minority.
An estimated 70 to…
Saturday, April 8, 2023
April 7 Commemorates Start of 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
April 7 is the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The day of remembrance marks the start of the 100-day genocidal campaign in which an estimated 800,000…
Friday, April 7, 2023