Robert J. Williams, the Finci-Viterbi executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation, tells Axios that the commemoration provides a venue for survivors to share their voices and "really tell us the world that they want to create before the last of them leave us."
Dr. Robert Williams, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation, described the event as more than a traditional memorial. "Unlike reading a book or watching a movie, music has a way to evoke a different set of emotions when you are dealing with complicated subjects," he said.
Legendary director Steven Spielberg sits down with NBC’s Jacob Soboroff on TODAY to share how his Shoah foundation is marking the 30th anniversary of “Schindler’s List” at the Ambassadors for Humanity Gala, honoring Holocaust survivors and bringing attention to atrocities happening around the world.
USC Shoah Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary this week in New York with performances by Bruce Springsteen and appearances by Meryl Streep and Whoopi Goldberg, as organizers urged attendees to press on against ongoing threats of hate.
Watch the KCAL news interview with the USC Shoah Foundation’s Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Dr. Robert J. Williams.
Dr. Robert Williams, USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Chair, said of the project, "The translation of our archive into Hebrew marks a significant milestone in our mission to thoroughly document the history of the Holocaust, as well as contemporary antisemitism, and ensure that these crucial survivor experiences are accessible to Hebrew-speaking audiences."
Ahead of the Oct. 4 theatrical release of WWII drama “White Bird,” Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company have partnered with StoryCorps Studios and the Shoah Foundation to tell real-life stories of Holocaust survivors.
“Hier spricht Anita Lasker, eine deutsche Jüdin,” a voice says, youthful but precise. “This is Anita Lasker speaking, a German Jew.” The recording was made on April 16, 1945, at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, one day after British troops liberated the site.
Twenty student athletes traveled to Auschwitz, and met with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt in Washington.
Supported by $300,000 in grants, largely from the Myron and Alayne Meilman Family Foundation, the project is being shaped by technology experts from the USC Shoah Foundation in addition to the USC Libraries.
Debates about terms are a luxury for times of peace. The future of our democracy requires that we understand all forms of antisemitism and emphasize unequivocally that it has no place in America.
In an interview with DW, Robert Williams also urged against the misuse of the term "genocide" and called for a broader discussion on what constitutes antisemitism.
"I hope the Jewish diaspora realizes," says [USC Shoah Foundation executive director Dr. Robert] Williams, "that there are allies at this moment and there is always an opportunity to turn the tide."
Steven Spielberg was at USC to honor Holocaust survivors.
The Oscar-winning director spoke at an event where he was recognized for his work with the USC Shoah Foundation, an organization he founded in 1994 to record and preserve interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust.
As virulent antisemitism roils the nation’s college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, USC is making a rare gesture to recognize the crippling effect of anti-Jewish hatred on society and the human spirit.
Leading the USC Shoah Foundation Board delegation to Israel were the organization's executive director Dr. Robert J. Williams, a Holocaust historian, and board chairman Joel Citron.
Thirty years after sweeping the Oscars, Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese and others reveal the untold story behind one of the most revered films of all time, including George Lucas' secret behind-the-scenes role, how Mel Gibson was put forward to play Schindler and more.
Rockets at dawn, gunfire outside, hours of anxiety: a survivor of the October 7 attack shared his account of the day Gaza militants stormed his southern Israeli community, speaking into a video camera.