Dozens of college students conduct research in the Visual History Archive for their thesis projects at the USC Shoah Foundation every year. One student, however, is writing her senior thesis on the Shoah Foundation itself.

Two Polish-Language Lessons Available Online for Teachers


USC Shoah Foundation has published two Polish-language lessons about the Holocaust, complete with clips from the Visual History Archive, on the USC Shoah Foundation website. They are available for free to educators around the world.

In Search of a Global Ethic: Lessons from the Big Cities


Saturday, June 21, 2025 - 12:29 AM PDT
 
 
USC University Club at King Stoops Hall
 
Michael Ignatieff, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Centennial Chair, will then give a public talk at USC, “In Search of a Global Ethic: Lessons from the Big Cities” from 4-6 PM on the 21st where he di

One Testimony, Two Continents, Three Friends


The email wasn’t so different from many others I’ve received since I started working at the USC Shoah Foundation last summer.

A woman named Olga in Germany was moved by watching survivor Paula Lebovics talk about her stolen childhood during the Holocaust. Olga had a young daughter of her own and felt an immediate bond with Paula, who was taken to Auschwitz when she was the same age. And so she wanted to contact her.

Josh Grossberg