VHA Access Point Opens at History Meeting House in Warsaw, April 24, 2012
The History Meeting House in Warsaw has become the first institution in Poland to offer full access to the Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. Nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses, recorded in 56 countries and in 32 languages—mostly between 1994 and 1999—can now be remotely accessed via an online interface that allows searching and viewing the fully indexed video and related metadata.
Otwarcie punktu dostępu do Archiwum Historii Wizualnej w Domu Spotkań z Historią, Warszawa, Polska
Dom Spotkań z Historią w Warszawie stał się pierwszą instytucją w Polsce, która oferuje pełny dostęp do Archiwum Historii Wizualnej Instytutu Fundacji Shoah dla Historii Wizualnej i Edukacji mieszczącej się na Uniwersytecie Południowej Kalifornii. Blisko 52 000 relacji video ocalonych z Holokaustu i innych świadków, nagranych w 56 krajach i w 32 językach, w latach 1994-1999, mogą być teraz oglądane dzięki specjalnemu dostępowi on-line, dzięki któremu można przeszukiwać i oglądać całkowicie zindeksowane relacje video i inne załączone do nich archiwalia.
VHA access point opens at History Meeting House in Warsaw
The History Meeting House in Warsaw has become the first institution in Poland to offer full access to the Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. Nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses, recorded in 56 countries and in 32 languages—mostly between 1994 and 1999—can now be remotely accessed via an online interface that allows searching and viewing the fully indexed video and related metadata.
Institute honored by USC Institute of Armenian Studies
The USC Institute of Armenian Studies’ Leadership Council honored the USC Shoah Foundation Institute at an April 15 gala banquet.
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute was honored for championing the Armenian Genocide Digitization Project, which aims to gather and preserve digital copies of all existing interviews with Armenian Genocide survivors and other witnesses. The Dr. J. Michael Hagopian/Armenian Film Foundation archive of nearly 400 testimonies will be the first collection in the Armenian Genocide Digitization Project.
Yehuda Bauer and Father Patrick Desbois visit the Institute
Last week, in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, the Institute enjoyed visits with renowned historian, Yehuda Bauer, and Father Patrick Desbois. Staff and colleagues at USC were left with profound impressions reflecting on the themes that shape this field relating to testimony, genocide, and social change.
Visual History Archive Launches at University of Pennsylvania, April 23, 2012
The University of Pennsylvania has become the first destination in the state where people can access the Institute’s Visual History Archive. Penn marked the occasion with an April 23 launch event at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia. press release
Album posted on: May 4, 2012
Visual History Archive Launches at the University of Pennsylvania
Special event to be hosted at Annenberg center.
L.A. City Council Honors Institute on Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day
On April 20, at Los Angeles City Hall, Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Eric Garcetti recognized the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the Armenian Film Foundation for working jointly to preserve memories of survivors and other witnesses of the Armenian Genocide.
Yom Hashoah Commemoration with Father Patrick Desbois (April 19, 2012)
Father Patrick Desbois, co-founder of Yahad–In Unum, and author of The Holocaust By Bullets, gave the keynote address at the Institute's 2012 Yom Hashoah commemoration. The event took place on April 19 at USC.