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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, Eva (Weiss) Slonim. She was 88.   Read More

Center Founding Director Wolf Gruner Authors New Book About Individual Jewish Resistance to Nazi Persecution


The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of the book Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany. Authored by Center Founding Director Wolf Gruner, the book will be published by Yale University Press on August 29, 2023. Read More

USC Shoah Foundation Launches Lecture Series to Address Antisemitism


USC Shoah Foundation this fall launches a new Antisemitism Lecture Series to showcase to wider audiences the latest scholarly research on the topic and convene some of the leading scholars in the field.   Read More

Reflections on Resistance and Roots of Research


In this blog, the Center's 2022-2023 Greenberg Research Fellow Raíssa Alonso reflects on resistance and the roots of her research.  Read More

Reflections on Resistance and Roots of Research


In this blog, the Center's 2022-2023 Greenberg Research Fellow Raíssa Alonso reflects on resistance and the roots of her research.  Read More

Presence and Possibilities of Play?


In this blog, Center visiting scholar Robson Bello discusses his focus on play during his month of research.  Read More

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