In 2018, USC Shoah Foundation launched an initiative to address requests from survivors who, for complex and often very personal reasons, could not come forward in the 1990s. Since the start of COVID, the foundation has received more than 400 requests from survivors to record their testimonies. We believe there are thousands more who want to tell their stories.

Jenna Leventhal is the Interim Director of Programs at USC Shoah Foundation. She earned a BA in history from UC Santa Barbara and an MA in public history from University of Houston, with an emphasis in Holocaust education and oral history. She joined the Institute in 2011 and worked for many years leading the development of the IWitness website.  She currently oversees program management and strategic partnerships for the education department.