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Holocaust Survivor Dana Schwartz, 89, Recorded Interviews with More Than 125 Survivors
We mourn the passing of Dana Schwartz, 89, a Holocaust survivor and dedicated interviewer for the USC Shoah Foundation, who died on May 9 in Los Angeles.
Dana, who later became a teacher and…
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Tablet Studios and The USC Shoah Foundation Join Forces to Launch Multimedia Collection from the October 7 Terrorist Attacks in Israel
In the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, the USC Shoah Foundation and Tablet Studios announced a partnership to collect, archive, and make available testimonies…
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Urgent Campaign Records Eyewitness Accounts of Antisemitic Terror Attacks in Israel
In the moments before Shaylee Atary Winner escaped from her home in the early morning hours of October 7, she saw her husband fighting to close the iron window grates in their safe room over the…
Friday, December 1, 2023
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
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
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
USC Shoah Foundation Ramps Up Survivor Testimony Collection Efforts with New ‘Memory Studio’
Gerald Szames chokes up easily, especially when talking about his mother. So for years, his daughter has taken it upon herself to tell her father’s story of surviving the Holocaust as a small boy…
Thursday, January 19, 2023
“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
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
July 11 Commemorates Srebrenica Genocide Day
July 11 marks 26 years since the Srebrenica genocide, the biggest in a cluster of massacres that occurred as part of the campaign of ethnic cleansing in eastern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina during…
Monday, July 11, 2022