The Place of the Witness: From the Holocaust to the November 13th Attacks in Paris
Social Sciences Building, Room 250
3502 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
A public lecture by Christian Delage (Director of the Institut D’Histoire Du Temps Présent, Paris)

Mobility, Survival and Integration: Experiences and Narratives of Holocaust Survivors in Latin America
Social Sciences Building, Room 250
3502 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
A public lecture by the 2017-2018 Research Week team
Lorena Ávila (Centro Internacional de Toledo para la Paz, Colombia)
Daniela Gleizer (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
Emmanuel Kahan (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
Nancy Nichols (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Yael Siman (Universidad Iberoamericana, México)
Susana Sosenski (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
Alejandra Morales Stekel (Director, Interactive Jewish Museum of Chile, Chile)
Junior Interns Respond to Hungarian Prime Minister’s Praise of Hungary's Antisemitic Leader During WWII

Louis Schmidt
He was under five years old at the time, but World War II left an indelible mark on Louis Schmidt. He’s never forgotten the air raid drills, seeing his uncles in military uniform, or looking at pictures of prisoners of war in Life magazine.
So when Steven Spielberg announced after he won the Oscar for Schindler’s List in 1994 that he was setting up a foundation to record interviews with 50,000 Holocaust survivors, Schmidt didn’t hesitate.