We Remember
Iraqi Survivor Ruth Pearl Fostered Harmony and Understanding in Memory of Son Daniel Pearl
On January 23, 2002, Ruth Pearl dreamt that her son, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was scared and in trouble. In her dream, she told him she would bring him tea and take care of him. She…
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Remembering Kia Hays
When one works in the field of Holocaust memory, you tend to find that your colleagues are a mission driven, self-effacing, highly dedicated bunch. We work with hard subjects, care deeply and…
Friday, February 2, 2024
Remembering those we lost in 2023
The Institute mourns the passing of members of our community in 2023, including survivors who have given testimony, Nimrod “Zigi” Ariav, Dr. Richard Hovannisian, Damas Gisimba, Joshua Kaufman, Thomas…
Friday, December 15, 2023
Nimrod “Zigi” Ariav, 96, Took Up Arms Against the Nazis
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the August 3, 2023 passing of Nimrod “Zigi” Ariav, a Holocaust survivor who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and Israel’s War of Independence before becoming a…
Thursday, August 17, 2023
We Remember Dr. Richard Hovannisian, 90, an Esteemed Historian and Chronicler of the Armenian Genocide
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of our friend Dr. Richard Gable Hovannisian, a scholar who devoted his life to chronicling the 1915 Armenian Genocide and donated the more than 1,000…
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
We Remember Damas Gisimba, 61, Savior of More than 400 Rwandans During Genocide
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Damas Gisimba, the director of a Kigali orphanage who sheltered and saved the lives of over 400 people, mostly children, during the 1994 Genocide…
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Defying Horrors of Teenage Years in Auschwitz, Joshua Kaufman, 95, Embraced Life
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the June 6, 2023 passing of Joshua Kaufman, who survived Auschwitz and was liberated at Dachau Concentration Camp at the age of 17, and was recognized at the 2019…
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, 89, Pioneer of International Human Rights and One of Auschwitz’s Youngest Survivors
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Thomas Buergenthal, one of the youngest known survivors of Auschwitz who later became an esteemed human rights attorney and United States representative…
Monday, June 12, 2023
Marta Wise, 88, Child Survivor in Iconic Auschwitz Photo, Focused on Educating Young People
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of Marta (Weiss) Wise, who was ten years old when she was liberated from Auschwitz, having endured the medical torture of Josef Mengele, along with her sister,…
Thursday, May 25, 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