Holocaust Remembrance Event Brings USC Shoah Testimony to Walls of Geneva Synagogue

By: USC Shoah Foundation

As part of USC Shoah Foundation’s collaborations for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, excerpts of seven Dimensions in Testimony interviews are being projected on to the facade of Beit Yaakov – Geneva's Great Synagogue. 

Dimensions in Testimony is an initiative by USC Shoah Foundation that enables people to ask questions that prompt real-time responses from pre-recorded video interviews with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses to genocide. 

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Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses Q&A

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 06:39 PM PDT
Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses explores the journeys of Liberators and Liberation Witnesses drawing parallels between the past and present. These one-of-a-kind stories of World War II heroes serve as a compelling reminder of what is at stake as antisemitism and xenophobia have reached a new crisis level, and as a call to action to stand against hatred in all its forms.

My Name Is Sara Live Virtual Conversation

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 06:39 PM PDT

11:30 am PST/2:30 pm EST/6:30 am AEDT (+1)

The film will be available to stream for a fee of $12 between Jan. 25-28. 

Live Virtual Conversation event is free and features: 

Zuzanna Surowy, Lead Actress 

Steven Oritt, Director/Producer

Mickey Shapiro, Executive Producer, USC Shoah  Foundation Board of Councilors Exec. Committee Member

100 Days to Inspire Respect & Hope

By: USC Shoah Foundation

In January 2017, USC Shoah Foundation launched 100 Days to Inspire Respect to provide teachers of civics, history, English and other subjects new thought-provoking resources for the first 100 days of the incoming administration.   

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Volevo Solo Vivere Screening

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 06:39 PM PDT

This documentary chronicles the Holocaust as experienced in Italy, from the racial laws Mussolini enacted in 1938 through the German invasion in 1943 and the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. The experiences are made personal through the use of testimony from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. Nine Italian citizens, all survivors of Auschwitz, share their stories; their testimonies are woven among personal and historical photographs and additional archival footage.

The Just and the Blind

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 06:39 PM PDT

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall and presented as part of the 2019 Create Justice forum, The Just and the Blind is a powerful multimedia experience that illuminates the unseen and under-heard experiences of incarcerated youth and their families. Artfully and powerfully combining live performance, short films, and honest conversation, spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, and street-dance pioneer

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