Historic Agreement to Preserve Armenian Genocide Survivor Testimonies

On April 13, 2010, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute signed a historic agreement with the Armenian Film Foundation and Dr. J. Michael and Anoinette Hagopian.  The agreement paves the way for the Institute to preserve the Armenian Film Foundation's collection of nearly 400 interviews with survivors and other witnesses of the first major genocide of the 20th Century:  the attempt by the Ottoman Turks to annihilate the Armenian people, in 1915.

International Digital Access, Outreach, and Research Conference 2010

On March 25 and 26, 2010, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted its first international academic conference.

The International Digital Access, Outreach, and Research Conference brought together representatives from 25 universities, museums, and other institutions that have access to the Institute's Visual History Archive, to discuss how it is being used in academia.

“A noi fu dato in sorte questo tempo 1938-1947,” Mostra con il contributo delle interviste dell’Archivio

Archivio di Stato I Sezioni Riunite Torino, 27 gennaio-20 marzo 2010

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“La mostra è incentrata sulla storia di un gruppo di giovani assolutamente normali che come afferma Silvio Ortona, hanno avuto in sorte “un tempo straordinario” e hanno dovuto confrontarsi con scelte drammatiche.[...]

Storie di lotte e deportazione

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Questo bellissimo documentario realizzato dall'Archivio Cinematografico della Resistenza, è basato sulle interviste italiane raccolte dallo USC Shoah Foundation Institute soprattutto in Piemonte, dove numerosi sono stati i partigiani ebrei che hanno contribuito attivamente alla lotta contro fascisti e nazisti.

Echoes and Reflections Teacher Training Workshop, USC Rossier School of Education, March 2010

In March 2010, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the USC Rossier School of Education co-hosted a training session for teachers on the use of Echoes and Reflections, an award-winning multimedia curriculum on the Holocaust created in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League and Yad Vashem.  Deborah Batiste, Project Director for the Echoes and Reflections program, led the training session.  Click here to learn more about Echoes and Reflections.

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