New Dimensions in Testimony Stands out at Future of StoryTelling Festival
USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive New Dimensions in Testimony proved once again to be a popular and educational way to learn about the Holocaust when it was presented at the Future of StoryTelling Festival (FoST FEST) in New York earlier this month.
Despite living and going to school near Kiev, 11th grader Angelina Verbovskaya knew very little about the 1941 Babi Yar massacre when she started her training to lead the new Babi Yar IWalk.
“I’m ashamed that I even did not know that Babi Yar is located in Kiev,” Verbovskaya said.
#IWitnessChat - Teaching Kristallnacht through testimony
Oskar Schindler, look what you’ve done.
The man who personally saved some 1,200 Jews from certain extermination by the Nazis by employing them in his factories — using most of his financial resources to protect them — has been gone for more than 40 years. But his work and legacy lives on. So touched by the story he brought to life in 1993 and the subsequent reaction to his film Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg decided he had to do more.
Students Respond to Testimony for Siegelbaum Literary & Visual Arts Competition
Testimony clips about immigration will serve as the inspiration for students entering this year’s competition, open to grades 6-12.