100 Auschwitz survivors convene in historic gathering
The sense of history in the making was palpable Monday in Krakow, Poland, where more than 20 staff members of USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education attended a reception to honor more than 100 Auschwitz survivors on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp.
Finding the Children Behind the Barbed Wire
USC Shoah Foundation spent seven months researching the identities of every child in the liberation photo of the children behind the barbed wire, and reunited four of them January 26, 2015, in Krakow.
Teachers, students learn lessons of Auschwitz firsthand
As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, it falls to future generations to ensure their stories remain vibrant and strong.
Steven Howell
Steven Howell realized how important it is to teach the Holocaust when he encountered anti-Semitism in his own classroom.
He had just begun teaching at James A. Garfield High School, a small rural school in Garettsville, Ohio, when he found that the students had not read The Diary of Anne Frank. He taught them the historical context of the book, which they knew little about, but after two weeks he walked into his classroom to find a cross with two swastikas, on which was printed “Back off.”