Passing of Joseph Feingold Demonstrates Urgent Need for “Last Chance Testimony”

By: USC Shoah Foundation

In 2017, Mr. Feingold recorded a more than 4 hour testimony with USC Shoah Foundation as part of the Last Chance Testimony Collection, enabling Holocaust survivors to share their stories for USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive—before it is too late—where they will exist in perpetuity.
USC Shoah Foundation

COVID-19 Presents Extreme Risk to Holocaust Survivor Community and World War II Veterans

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

The elderly population is among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the victims include a large and growing number of Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans.
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.

Educators Find Online Expertise and Content in IWitness

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USC Shoah Foundation education team has adapted its already robust online content and tools in IWitness to meet current educational demands for online teaching and learning.
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.

Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses

Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 06:16 PM PDT

Please join us for a special 2-part event: a LIVE screening of the documentary Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses on Facebook, followed by an interactive ZOOM conversation. The event begins this Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT.

A 75th Anniversary Commemoration in honor of the Allied Heroes of WWII, the screening will be followed by a conversation with Alan Moskin, one of the liberators featured in the film, and moderated by Executive Director Stephen Smith.

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