Branko Lustig remembers hearing constant gunshots coming from the barrack next to his where many Polish political prisoners were killed. This is the 56th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. 
clip, jewish survivor, Branko Lustig, executions, Auschwitz70, auschwitz / Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Moses Kantorowitz describes stealing rotten potatoes from the kitchen in Auschwitz - I and then he describes the camp punishment he received. This is the 57th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. 
clip, jewish survivor, auschwitz, food, hunger, Moses Kantorowitz, Auschwitz70 / Wednesday, December 24, 2014
In January USC Shoah Foundation will launch #BeginsWithMe across our online communities. Leading up to the launch we will be sharing videos from our friends and partners who have experienced the power of testimony and the actions it inspires.
a70, beginswithme / Monday, December 29, 2014
Lesly Culp decided to teach with eyewitness testimony to the Holocaust from the Visual History Archive to teach her students on what it means to be human. An extremely valuable lesson. ‪#‎BeginsWithMe‬ launches in two weeks!
a70, beginswithme / Monday, December 29, 2014
Stephen Smith on the effort to connect the Visual History Archive to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland so that the voices of those who survived the Holocasut can still be heard as a memorial for all who perished.
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USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education is readying at least 40 of the nearly 400 Armenian testimonies it has secured from the Armenian Film Foundation for inclusion in the Visual History Archive. It is anticipated the entire collection will be integrated by the fall of 2015.
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Armenian Genocide survivor Mihran Andonian is interviewed by J. Michael Hagopian on Feb. 8, 1987. This testimony is part of USC Shoah Foundation's Armenian Genocide collection.
Armenian Genocide / Monday, December 29, 2014
Armenian Genocide survivor Haroutune Aivazian is interviewed by J. Michael Hagopian on May 12, 1993. This testimony is part of USC Shoah Foundation's Armenian Genocide collection.
Armenian Genocide / Monday, December 29, 2014
Program by Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, USC Shoah Foundation and World Jewish Congress in partnership with Discovery Education
a70 / Friday, December 5, 2014
To honor this remarkable man and visionary scholar, the Institute gratefully re-posts his profile below. During the brief week that Harry spent with us here in Los Angeles this past July as our inaugural Rutman Teaching Fellow, he managed to touch and inspire all of our staff and friends of the Institute who worked with him and who heard his public lecture.
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NBC's Today helped commemorate USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Monday with a segment featuring founder Steven Spielberg and Maria Shriver.
Steven Spielberg, celina biniaz, Stephen Smith / Tuesday, May 6, 2014
In recognition of his efforts to protect human rights, his commitment to education and his work advancing opportunities for all people, President Barack Obama was presented May 7 with the Ambassador for Humanity Award by Steven Spielberg.
ambassadors for humanity / Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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