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Twenty New Testimonies Recorded for Nanjing Massacre Collection


USC Shoah Foundation staff are currently in Nanjing, China, to record about 20 more testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors. Read More

Remembering Gay Pioneer Bertram Schaffner


Bertram Schaffner’s story is a unique one because of the multiple roles he played as a gay German American during the period that saw the rise of Nazi Germany and World War II. Read More

Rwandan Teachers Build New IWitness Activities


After nearly three years of the IWitness in Rwanda program, IWitness will debut new activities created by some of the teachers who participated in the program. Read More

“Teaching and Learning About the Holocaust” Educator Seminar in North Carolina June 4


Rob Hadley, USC Shoah Foundation education consultant in the U.S., will lead an introductory IWitness workshop at the one-day seminar “Teaching and Learning About the Holocaust” Saturday, June 4, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Read More

Paula Cuellar Cuellar Awarded 2016-17 Center Graduate Research Fellowship


Cuellar is researching the experiences of women and girls in scorched earth campaigns in Guatemala and El Salvador. Read More

Stephen Smith and New Dimensions in Testimony at Sheffield Doc Fest June 10-15


In just one week, the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival will showcase USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony project as an example of one of the most cutting-edge new technologies in storytelling and virtual reality. Read More

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