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Maximilian Strnad Lecture (Summary)


Maximilian Strnad, a young German scholar who is currently a fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s research center, gave a public lecture at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research focusing on the experiences of the last remaining Jews under the German Reich — intermarried Jews. Read More

President Barack Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Steven Spielberg


Spielberg was honored for his historic filmmaking career as well as his efforts to overcome intolerance and hate through the use of visual history testimony as the founder of USC Shoah Foundation. Read More

Teachers Learn About IWitness at Rwanda Peace Education Training


The workshops, titled “Advanced Use of Multimedia in Peace Education,” were held at the University of Rwanda’s College of Education in Kigali Nov. 19-20 and 24-25. Read More

Maximilian Strnad Discusses Fates of Intermarried Jews in Nazi Germany


USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research welcomed the University of Munich’s Maximilian Strnad to USC last week. Read More

My Giving Story


Like many of you, I sat in front of my television on the evening of Friday, November 13, 2015 and watched in horror as news of the terrorist attacks in Paris flooded the airways. "Not again," I thought to myself. My heart ached for people whom I had never met and for a city and country thousands of miles away. Read More

USC Shoah Foundation Hosts Delegation of Nanjing Massacre Scholars


Director of Research and Documentation Karen Jungblut hosted a visit from several Nanjing Massacre scholars this week to introduce the work of the Institute and discuss future partnerships. Read More

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