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The USC Shoah Foundation, the Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem in Israel are among those that have collected testimonies of survivors and liberators.
Understanding the experiences of survivors and victims builds an understanding of who these individuals were before, during and, for the few, after the Holocaust. Learning their stories can also introduce awareness of how intertwined our fates can be.
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.