Holocaust survivor testimony at USC’s German studies event

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education was among the participating organizations at an open house for the USC-Max Kade Institute, home of the university’s German Studies and European Studies programs. The open house took place on April 12, 2013.

Guests watched testimony at a computer station connected via Wi-Fi to the Foundation’s Visual History Archive, which is available at USC and more than 40 other institutions around the world.

Eyewitnesses to “No Place on Earth”: USC Shoah Foundation announces IWitness learning activity based on remarkable story of survival during the Holocaust

USC Shoah Foundation – the Institute for Visual History and Education (the Institute) announces a special education outreach effort to mark the theatrical release of the acclaimed documentary film No Place on Earth, a film directed by Janet Tobias, which chronicles the experiences of 38 men, women and children who survived the Holocaust in Ukraine by hiding in natural cave systems for 511 consecutive days, living underground longer than any human had ever done before.

Elida Schogt’s film trilogy and discussion, April 11, 2013

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education brought its series of events for Genocide Awareness Week to a close on Thursday, April 11, 2013 with a screening and discussion with filmmaker Elida Schogt. Her dynamic trilogy of films—Silent Song, The Walnut Tree, and Zyklon Portrait— is a collage of family photos, home movies, and footage that tells the story of her mother’s survival and her truncated family tree.

"Denouncing Violence Against Women" USC Shoah Foundation co-sponsors international poster exhibit for Genocide Awareness Week

Eighteen posters from around the world that cry out for an end to violence against women are the subject of Denouncing Violence Against Women, an exhibit at the USC Fisher Museum of Art. Part of USC's Genocide Awareness Week, the exhibit includes Holocaust witness testimony from the Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation. The exhibit is open to the public from April 8-21, 2013.

Denouncing Violence Against Women International Poster Arts Exhibit, 4/8/13

Political movements are strongly remembered through the iconic visuals created amidst the controversy.  Collecting these artistic interpretations is the mission of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that gathers, preserves and showcases international poster art that responds to the cry for social change.  Eighteen of these posters have been selected for exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum of Art in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation–The Institute for Visual History and Education.  The exhibition, titled Denouncing Violence Aga

“Where Is My Home” USC student Cecilia De Jesus takes top honor at Student Voices Film Contest

On Thursday evening, March 28, 2013, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education held its third annual Student Voices Film Contest awards ceremony and screening. The event took place at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

The Student Voices Film Contest challenges USC students to “join the conversation about genocide and human rights” by producing a five- to seven-minute film using testimony from the Institute’s Visual History Archive, which contains video interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses of the Holocaust.

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