Testimony of Espionage, Scheming, and Survival Reunites and Expands a Family

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Above: One branch of the Scheinman family, which expanded considerably after cousin Zoe found and reached out to descendants of the ten children of Shmuel and Feige Scheinman, her husband’s great grandparents.

Last summer, Phil Scheinman spent five hours straight watching Joseph André Scheinmann’s testimony on USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive. He was both devastated and riveted.

Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Julie Gruenbaum Fax is a content strategist and writer for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was a senior writer and editor at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and has co-authored six personal history books. She is currently writing a book about her grandmother’s Holocaust experience.

Jewish James Bond Aided MI6 and Fellow Prisoners

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

André, on the right, with his parents, Max and Regina, and an aunt at a café in Paris in 1939. Max and Regina were killed in Auschwitz in 1942.

Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Julie Gruenbaum Fax is a content strategist and writer for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was a senior writer and editor at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and has co-authored six personal history books. She is currently writing a book about her grandmother’s Holocaust experience.

"Holocaust Survivors in Mexico: Intersecting and Conflicting Narratives of Open Doors, Welcoming Society and Personal Hardships," in Conceptualizing Mass Violence: Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations, edited by  Navras J. Aafreedi and Priya Singh. Oxon and New York: Routledge. 

The Visual History Archive is now at Harvard University

By: USC Shoah Foundation

USC Shoah Foundation recently launched the Visual History Archive at Harvard University, establishing a powerful bridge from coast to coast, including a vibrant and timely panel discussion examining hate and disinformation in public discourse and concrete pathways to address the problems we face.

USC Shoah Foundation

20,000 To Gather at Virtual Conference for Survivors, Family and Community

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

This week, more than 20,000 people will attend Liberation 75, a virtual, global gathering for Holocaust survivors, their descendants, scholars, educators, and the wider community. The online conference, taking place May 4 to 9, is cosponsored by more than 200 organizations, including USC Shoah Foundation.
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Julie Gruenbaum Fax is a content strategist and writer for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was a senior writer and editor at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and has co-authored six personal history books. She is currently writing a book about her grandmother’s Holocaust experience.

2020 Lev Fellows Present on Their Research with Testimonies

By: Badema Pitic

“Research With Testimonies: Featuring the Center's 2020 Lev Student Research Fellows”

Lucy Sun (USC undergraduate student, History major) and Rachel Zaretsky (MFA candidate in Art, USC Roski School of Art and Design)

2020 Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellows

April 14, 2021

Badema Pitic

British Christian Responses to the Holocaust

10:00 AM PDT/ 1:00 PM EDT/ 3:00 AM AEST (+1) 

Join USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director, Stephen Smith as he speaks about his experiences leading to the founding of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in England. 

Florian Zabransky Lectures about Male Jewish Intimacy and Agency in Oral History Interviews

By: Badema Pitic

“Speaking About Sexuality: Male Jewish Intimacy and Agency in Oral History Interviews”

Florian Zabransky (PhD candidate at the Weidenfeld Institute–Centre for German-Jewish Studies at University of Sussex, UK)

2020-2021 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellow

April 6, 2021

Badema Pitic

Spark of Inspiration

Join Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Dr. Stephen Smith in a conversation with psychologist, author, writer and Holocaust survivor Dr. Ruth Westheimer
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