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USC Shoah Foundation Adds New Holocaust Testimony Collection from JFCS to its Visual History Archive


More than 900 Holocaust testimonies recorded over four decades by the Jewish Family and Children Services Holocaust Center of San Francisco (JFCS) are now fully integrated into USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive as part of the Preserving the Legacy initiative. Read More

Center for Advanced Genocide Research Awards Katja Schatte 2016-17 Greenberg Fellowship


​Katja Schatte, a scholar of postwar East German Jewish history, will be in residence at USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in spring 2017 as the Center’s 2016-17 Greenberg Research Fellow. Read More

IWitness Video Challenge Deadline Friday, May 13


Today is the last day for educators to submit their students’ work to the 2016 IWitness Video Challenge. This year’s Challenge, the third annual contest, has already received a record number of applicants from across North America. Read More

Reflections Upon Graduation: How Testimony Has Changed My Life


In just a few days, I’ll be graduating with my bachelors in International Relations from USC. As I sit here writing this piece, I have a chance to reflect on these three years of fundamental personal and academic growth, and in particular, on my incredibly rewarding intern experience at USC Shoah Foundation. Read More

New Dimensions in Testimony on Display at USHMM


Members of the public can interact with New Dimensions in Testimony in its first un-moderated pilot at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) now through Labor Day. Read More

Japanese Activist Tamaki Matsuoka Interviewed for Nanjing Massacre Collection


Matsuoka interviewed hundreds of Nanjing Massacre survivors and perpetrators and is nicknamed "the conscience of Japan." Read More

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