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New on IWitness: Hungarian Clips and Download Tool


IWitness’s popular Watch page, which features curated testimony clips and accompanying educational materials, has added new content and features in response to user feedback. Read More

Teresa Walch Awarded First Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies


During her month in residence at USC Shoah Foundation, Walch will research the exclusion of German Jews from their own homeland during the Holocaust through Nazi policies restricting Jewish spaces and architecture. Read More

Genocide Awareness Month Engages Big Audience on Social Media


USC Shoah Foundation’s social media accounts helped thousands of people around the world share and commemorate Genocide Awareness Month this April with stories, photos, video clips and more. Read More

WWII Veteran Reunites with Man he Liberated from Dachau 71 Years Ago


You never know what you will find in the Visual History Archive. You hear stories of survival, death, life, hope and even friendship amidst the chaos of genocide. Sidney Shafner and Marcel Levy have remained friends for over 70 years – since the liberation of the concentration camp Dachau. Read More

Exhibit on Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Opens at Jewish Museum in Prague


"Stranded in Shanghai,” an exhibit featuring testimonies from the Visual History Archive, opened at the Jewish Museum in Prague on Thursday, May 11. Read More

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