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Statement from the Institute on Recent Events in Turkey


USC Shoah Foundation responds to the stifling of freedom in Turkey following the failed coup attempt July 15-16, 2016. Read More

New Guatemala Content Coming to IWitness This Fall


Updates to IWitness in time for the new school year will include a suite of Spanish-language full-length testimonies, testimony clips and activities from USC Shoah Foundation’s new Guatemalan Genocide collection. Read More

IWitness Workshops in Texas and Massachusetts


USC Shoah Foundation education staff are once again on the road this week to introduce educators in Texas and Massachusetts to IWitness. Read More

In Memory of Helen Colin


We are sad to learn of the passing of Helen Colin, a Holocaust survivor who had the distinction of being the first survivor to speak on camera after being liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Read More

External Advisory Committee Plans Next Phase of Visual History Archive Program


USC Shoah Foundation colleagues from around the world met for two days to discuss the progress and next steps of the Visual History Archive Program, which aims to drastically expand access to the Visual History Archive over the next five years. Read More

Tenfold Increase of "Eyes on Testimony" Since 2013


USC Shoah Foundation has significantly increased its reach online and in the classroom over the past three years, according to new statistics released about the Institute’s 2016 fiscal year. Read More

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