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New Polish, Hungarian and English-Language Clips on IWitness Watch Page


The Watch page on IWitness has added Polish-language testimony clips for the first time, plus several other Hungarian and English-language clips, in time for the start of the 2016-2017 school year. Read More

Historic Photos of a Little-Known Outdoor Jewish Ghetto


This collection of photos offers a rare glimpse of an outdoor Jewish ghetto in the countryside – specifically in Kutno, Poland. The images depict a form of ghetto that was actually more common, but far less known, than the urban settings (i.e. Warsaw Ghetto) that are cemented in the public imagination. Read More

Application Open for Third Year of Junior Intern Program


USC Shoah Foundation is accepting applications from students interested in working with testimony for the third year of the Institute’s Junior Intern Program. Read More

Guatemala Conference Preview: "Studying Perpetrators"


The first moderated session at USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s conference, “A Conflict? Genocide and Resistance in Guatemala” will be on “Studying Perpetrators” and be moderated by USC International Relations Professor Carol Wise. Read More

ProQuest Sponsors Visual History Archive Webinar for Association of College & Research Libraries


About 60 librarians and archivists from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) viewed a webinar about the Visual History Archive on Thursday, August 18, hosted by ProQuest and USC Shoah Foundation. Read More

Two New Teacher-Authored Activities Published in IWitness


The two newest activities in IWitness were written by teachers who were inspired to help fellow educators teach their students profound lessons using testimony from the Visual History Archive. Read More

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