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Israel Conference to Discuss North Africa and Middle East Testimonies


USC Shoah Foundation’s project to record testimonies of Jews who experienced persecution while living in the Middle East and Africa during the Holocaust will be a topic of discussion at the "Jews of the Middle East in the Shadow of the Holocaust" conference Jerusalem on April 5, 2016. Read More

IWitness Video Challenge 2016: Advice from Last Year’s Winners


Emma Heinz, Natalie Podstawka and Lisa Farese share their tips for constructing a winning video. Read More

IWitness Presented at Czech Seminar on Migration and Refugees


At the spring gathering of the Union of Civics Educators in Prague on March 19, teachers learned about IWitness as a tool for teaching about refugees. Read More

IWitness Watch Page Adds Clips on Japanese Internment, Kristallnacht and Activism


IWitness continues to add new testimony clips to its Watch page, which cover a range of topics from Japanese internment to the Armenian Genocide. Read More

Deadline Approaching for USC Student and Faculty Fellowships


USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research is offering summer fellowships for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty at University of Southern California. The deadline to submit an application is March 31, 2016. Read More

Eva Kor to be Interviewed for New Dimensions in Testimony


Auschwitz survivor Eva Kor will be in Los Angeles next week to film an interview for New Dimensions in Testimony, USC Shoah Foundation’s three-dimensional, interactive virtual encounter with Holocaust survivors. Read More

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