Nearly 1,000 English Transcripts Added to Visual History Archive
USC Shoah Foundation integrated the first 984 English-language transcripts into the Visual History Archive over the weekend – the first such update since ProQuest began working on transcribing testimonies as part of its partnership with USC Shoah Foundation last year.
Back to School with IWitness 2018: New Activities
Over a dozen new multimedia activities in a variety of languages have been published on IWitness in time for the new school year.
Renowned Holocaust Scholar Deborah Lipstadt Speaks at USC Shoah Foundation Community Event at Aspen Jewish Community Center
Deborah Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust scholar, author and professor, was a guest speaker at USC Shoah Foundation’s community event at Aspen Jewish Community Center on August 9. Now, a few weeks later, her remarks are more critically relevant than ever before.
USC Shoah Foundation mourns the death of Georg Citrom, Holocaust survivor and longtime friend of the Institute.
Citrom was born in Oradea, Romania, in 1931. His father was a teacher in the local Jewish school and he had one older sister, Suzy. His family practiced modern Orthodox Judaism and he loved visiting his grandparents at their house in the countryside.
Los Angeles, Sept. 7, 2017 – USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, in collaboration with the USC Digital Humanities Program, will host an international conference in October that will focus on the opportunities and challenges presented by the advancement of digital technologies.