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New IWitness Activity Shares Stories of Hidden Identities


The newest activity in IWitness draws on testimonies of Holocaust survivors to spark students’ reflection on how identity, and the struggle to hide it, can affect people from all walks of life. Read More

Survivors Share Poetry at Student-Led Event “Genocide Through Poetry”


Twenty-two and 71 years after surviving genocide, Edith Umugiraneza and Celina Biniaz, respectively, shared poetry they wrote about their experiences at a special event organized by DEFY, USC Shoah Foundation’s student association. Read More

POLIN Museum Debuts Short Film on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews premiered an original short film about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising featuring testimony from the Visual History Archive. Read More

185 Armenian Genocide Testimonies Added to Visual History Archive


USC Shoah Foundation published 185 Armenian Genocide testimonies in the Visual History Archive on Friday, nearly tripling the size of the Institute’s Armenian Genocide collection. Read More

Ukrainian Consultant Represents USC Shoah Foundation at Education Roundtable


​USC Shoah Foundation’s consultant in Ukraine Anna Lenchovska shared the resources of USC Shoah Foundation at a roundtable discussion for educators at the Ukraine National Museum’s Memorial to the Victims of Holodomor in Kyiv on April 7. Read More

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