Rohingya refugee interviews recorded by Institute show a genocidal pattern
USC Shoah Foundation's Karen Jungblut speaks at The Berlin Conference on Myanmar Genocide about the nearly 100 video interviews recorded in Bangladesh refugee camps.
What was unique about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?
Lecture by Trinity College history professor Samuel Kassow lays out the unique circumstances leading to the legendary battle. The 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising will be on April 19.
Christopher R. Browning Gives Annual Shapiro Scholar Lecture: Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony: The Case of the Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camps
A public lecture by Christopher R. Browning (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2017-2018 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence
In the Aftermath of Tragedy in Florida
At the exact moment a former student was destroying lives at Stoneman Douglas High School, a group of students inside a classroom was studying ways to make the world a better place.
These were students in a Holocaust history class, where they were exploring the 1936 Olympics in an IWitness learning activity to teach them about compassion and respect, and about the perils of living a life filled with hate and violence.
IWitness debuts timeline activities for high school students with lesson about Elie Wiesel's 'Night'
By collecting clips of testimony to construct a "GeoStory" - a map and timeline with videos - students can discover how changes in time and place shape history.
Holocaust survivor Hannah Kent passes away at 88
USC Shoah Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing of Hannah Kent, who survived three concentration camps and a death march, but went on to live a full life filled with love, family and resolve. She was 88.
Born Hanka Szarkman on Oct. 9, 1929, in Lodz, Poland, Hannah Kent was the wife of Roman Kent, a Life Member of USC Shoah Foundation’s Board of Councilors and a leader in the Holocaust survivor movement.
Hannah and Roman Kent met in New York after World War II and married in 1957. They had two children, Jeffrey and Susan.