Esperance Kaligirwa on Remembrance
Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture with Atina Grossmann
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Jewish Refugees in the Global South

New Approaches to Global Transit During the Holocaust

April 21, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Professor Atina Grossmann shares exciting new work by herself and a transnational cohort of Holocaust scholars on the ambivalent, paradoxical, and varied experiences, emotions, and memories of Jews who found refuge from National Socialism and the Holocaust in India and Iran after 1933.
Details:
Start: April 21, 2025 / 11:00 AM
Where: Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240, Los Angeles, CA
Venue:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240
3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
Casden Conversations
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Colleyville: A Story of Jewish Heroism and Triumph in the Face of Terror

April 27, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
This event will feature a screening of Colleyville, followed by a panel discussion with the heroic survivors of the terror incident, moderated by Brian Hughes, director of the USC Shoah Foundation Countering Antisemitism Laboratory.
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Start: April 27, 2025 / 2:00 PM
Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program Academic Conference
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The Role of Auschwitz in Holocaust Narratives

May 05, 2025 @ 6:00 am
USC Shoah Foundation Program Specialist Svetlana Ushakova will present Geographic Perception of Auschwitz in Survivor Memoirs and Testimonies.
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Start: May 05, 2025 / 6:00 AM
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The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument

Community, Memorialization and Commemoration

April 12, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
We invite educators to engage with our testimony-based IWalk, “The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument: Community, Memorialization and Commemoration”, which contextualizes and humanizes the history of the Armenian Genocide and the establishment of Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument at Bicknell Park in Montebello, California.
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Start: April 12, 2025 / 2:00 PM

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Building Bridges

Jewish and Armenian Legacies After Genocide

April 03, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - April 03, 2025 @ 8:30 pm
In honor of Armenian Heritage Month, join us for a conversation with grandchildren of Armenian Genocide survivors and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
Details:
Start: April 03, 2025 / 6:30 PM
End: April 03, 2025 / 8:30 PM
Where: Holocaust Museum Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA
Venue:
Holocaust Museum Los Angeles
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles , CA 90036, United States
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For The Living

Film Screening and Discussion

March 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am - March 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Join us in person for an exclusive screening of For the Living and a discussion with the USC Shoah Foundation Senior Director of Programs, Dr. Catherine Clark, and Executive Producer of the film, Melinda Goldrich. For the Living is the story of 250 cyclists who travel to Poland and retrace the liberation path of Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków. Their 60-mile odyssey inspires an urgent examination of humanity's equally perilous journey from dehumanization to compassion.
Details:
Start: March 12, 2025 / 10:00 AM
End: March 12, 2025 / 1:00 PM
Venue:
USC Doheny Library (DML 241)
, United States

Call for Applications: Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-Based Pedagogy, 2025-2026

The Education Division of the USC Shoah Foundation—The Institute for Visual History and Education invites applications for their inaugural Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-based Pedagogy for the 2025-2026 academic year.

We Remember György Kun

We are saddened to learn of the passing of György Kun, who gave his testimony in October 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. His daughter, Andrea Szonyis, an educator and former colleague at the USC Shoah Foundation, authored a story in the series "Voices from the Archive” about her father.

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