They stand among the ramshackle surroundings of their new lives, staring intently into the camera. For a handful of the estimated 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border from Myanmar to overcrowded, under-resourced refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, this is a rare chance to tell their stories.
Voices of the Rohingya
USC Shoah Foundation partners with CNN to share voices of Rohingya refugees.
One year after they were forced to flee their homes, Rohingya refugees add their voices to a new database of genocide testimonies.
Hungarian study: the Institute's video testimonies of Holocaust survivors boost student empathy
Martin Gruber is the 14th young Austrian to work at the Institute in lieu of military service
The Vienna native reflects on his 10-month tenure at the Institute, and the importance of the national reconciliation program that enables a select group of young Austrians to serve at organizations focused on Holocaust remembrance.
Teaching with Testimony Webinar: Navigating IWitness a (Re)Introduction
Participants will become familiar with the various pathways of IWitness by navigating through the site with USC Shoah Foundation educators. Participants will take away strategies of best practices for accessing testimony-based resources on IWitness and will learn how to build their own digital classroom within the site. Register now!
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