Every Genocide Leaves a Legacy: Rwandan Tutsi Genocide Testimonies Integrated Into USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education has added a collection of testimonies of survivors and rescuers from the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide to its Visual History Archive. This marks the first integration of testimonies outside of Holocaust survivors and witnesses into the Visual History Archive.

The Museum of History of Polish Jews Will Open on the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

It is with the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that the Museum of History of Polish Jews will begin its educational and cultural activities in the Museum’s extraordinary new building.  From April 19th, 2013, the Museum will open its doors to the public.  During the Museum open days, visitors will be invited to take part in the creation of an installation at the Museum Education Center, in art workshops for children, youth and adults, Hebrew and Yiddish, workshops for families, meetings with witnesses of history, and histori

Call for Proposals for 2013 Teaching Fellow Program

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education invites proposals for its 2013 Teaching Fellows program. Teaching faculty from all 43 VHA access sites are encouraged to apply. The fellowship provides summer support for instructors interested in creating a new course or modifying an existing course to incorporate testimony from the Visual History Archive. There are no restrictions with respect to the disciplinary approach or methodology of the proposed courses. 

Holocaust survivor testimony at USC’s German studies event

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education was among the participating organizations at an open house for the USC-Max Kade Institute, home of the university’s German Studies and European Studies programs. The open house took place on April 12, 2013.

Guests watched testimony at a computer station connected via Wi-Fi to the Foundation’s Visual History Archive, which is available at USC and more than 40 other institutions around the world.

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