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What is the Story? Two Sonderkommando Interviews in the USC Shoah Foundation Archive


Brandeis University Professor Dawn Skorczewski examines the differences between the testimonies of two sonderkommando survivors, Dario Gabbai and his cousin Morris Venezia. Read More

French Contest on Resistance and Deportation Incorporates Testimony for Fourth Year


This is the fourth year USC Shoah Foundation has provided an exhibit of relevant testimony clips that students may use for research or incorporate into their projects. Read More

Concours national de la Résistance et de la Déportation - année 2015-1016


Pour la quatrième année, l'USC Shoah Foundation propose aux élèves et aux enseignants participant au Concours national de la Résistance et de la Déportation, une sélection de témoignages. Pour l'année 2015-2016, le thème choisi est "Résister par l'art et la littérature". Read More

Behind the Music: "Forbidden Songs" in Warsaw


One of Poland's most beloved films is a unique example of music uniting both Jews and gentiles in the immediate post-war period that would soon become very difficult to find anywhere else. Read More

Expanded Junior Intern Program Kicks Off at USC Shoah Foundation


A few familiar faces and many more new students attended the first session of the 2015-16 Junior Intern program at USC Shoah Foundation this weekend. Read More

10 MORE Unique Facts about the Visual History Archive


The Visual History Archive contains 53,000 eyewitness testimonies to genocide and mass atrocities. What you might not know is that each testimony is indexed to the minute with over 62,000 keys words in the entire Archive. USC Shoah Foundation commemorates National Archives Month this November by participating in #AskAnArchivist Day on Thurs., Oct. 1, and sharing 10 more unique facts about the Visual History Archive. Read More

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