The Legacy of Resilience


Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:57 AM PDT
Through the lens of their testimony as part of the “If You Heard What I Heard” docuseries produced by Carolyn Siegel, the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors will share their experiences of growing up with first hand accounts of the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Introducing the Project on Bioethics and the Holocaust: Using Testimony in Medical and Health Professions Education


Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:57 AM PDT
Join the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust and the USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education as we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with the official launch of the Project on Bioethics and the Holocaust: Using Testimony in Medical and Health Professions Education.

Two Holocaust Survivors and Friends of USC Shoah Foundation Honored By Queen Elizabeth II


Two Holocaust survivors and friends of USC Shoah Foundation, Max Eisen and Dr. Agnes Kaposi, have been recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for their work in Holocaust education.

Eisen was appointed to the Order of Canada for his “contributions to Holocaust education, and his promotion of transformational dialogue on human rights, tolerance and respect.”

The Power of Story


Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:57 AM PDT
Join this webinar to learn how to access these digital resources on both USC Shoah Foundation’s educational website IWitness and the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program website.

Barnabas Balint Awarded 2021-2022 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship


Barnabas Balint, a PhD candidate at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, UK, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research. He will be in residence at the Center during Spring 2022 in order to conduct research for his dissertation, which is entitled “Accelerated Development into Adulthood: The Changing Roles of Young Hungarians During the Holocaust.”

Martha Stroud
Martha Stroud manages the day-to-day operations of the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, which advances innovative interdisciplinary research on the Holocaust and other genocides and promotes use of the Visual History Archive in research and teaching.

Charlotte Kiechel Awarded 2021-2022 Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies


Charlotte Kiechel, a Ph.D. candidate in Global History at Yale University, has been awarded the 2021-2022 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies. She will be in residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research in Spring 2022 to conduct research related to her dissertation, which is entitled “The Politics of Comparison: Holocaust Memory and Visions of ‘Third World’ Suffering, 1950-1995.”

Martha Stroud
Martha Stroud manages the day-to-day operations of the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, which advances innovative interdisciplinary research on the Holocaust and other genocides and promotes use of the Visual History Archive in research and teaching.