I listened to my great-grandmother’s genocide testimony; now, I carry her voice
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to be present in the living room of my grandparents’ home, awaiting a conversation with my great-grandmother, Mary Antekelian.
Mickey Shapiro, longtime Holocaust remembrance leader, bolsters USC Shoah Foundation’s efforts with $30 million gift
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The original version of this article was published May 7, 2025.
Longtime Holocaust remembrance leader bolsters USC Shoah Foundation’s efforts with $30 million gift
Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:52am
The university celebrated Shapiro’s gift at an event outside Leavey Library on USC’s University Park Campus, the home of the USC Shoah Foundation. As part of the gift, the foundation’s space at the library has been renamed the Mickey Shapiro Headquarters of the USC Shoah Foundation.
AJC, USC Shoah Foundation Partner to Document and Map Global Antisemitism
Mon, 04/28/2025 - 11:55am
American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the USC Shoah Foundation announced today at AJC Global Forum their newly formed partnership to give voice to, document, and map modern-day antisemitism around the world.
AJC, USC Shoah Foundation announce partnership to document antisemitism since World War II
The collaboration will be part of the [USC Shoah Foundation's] Contemporary Antisemitism Collection, and seeks to showcase the various ways antisemitism has manifested since the Holocaust.
Read our Educational Advisory on the Armenian Genocide
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Educational Advisory on the Armenian Genocide
Fri, 04/25/2025 - 8:20am
In April 1915, the Ottoman government initiated plans to systematically destroy the Armenian population as it existed in the Ottoman empire. Their actions included (but were not limited to) forced displacement, starvation, imprisonment, and the use of the military and proxies to commit mass violence.
What the Holocaust Teaches Us
By opening our eyes to the crimes of the past, [survivors] create a lens for the future; one that binds us, Jews and non-Jews alike, to this subject and to one another. If we ever hope to truly learn from the Holocaust, we must engage with the history as it happened to those who lived it.
Irene Butter on Hope
USC Shoah Foundation Launches "Searching for Never Again" Podcast
A podcast that seeks to confront the past, understand the present, and shape a future free of hate with host Dr. Robert J. Williams
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 3:15pm
USC Shoah Foundation announced today the upcoming release of the Searching for Never Again Podcast which launches on April 22nd. From the heartbreaking to the inspirational, the podcast explores the past and present of antisemitism and hate, and how together we can understand and resist it.