Robert Wagemann remembers being a physically handicapped child during World War II. Doctors often preferred euthanizing children with physical disabilities rather than keep them alive. Robert describes how his mother helped him escaped a facility, saving his life.
clip, video, robert wagemann, disabled persons, discrimination / Thursday, July 30, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation Senior Education Specialist and Trainer Lesly Culp will lead the first session of a two-part webinar on Echoes and Reflection Wednesday, August 5; educators can sign up here.
webinar, echoes and reflections, iwitness / Thursday, July 30, 2015
A Rwanda Tutsi Genocide survivor and a Holocaust survivor each describe experiences they had with sterotyping.
clip, Rose Burizihiza, Lea Schabinski-Faranhof, sterotypes, discrimination / Friday, July 31, 2015
Two USC Shoah Foundation staff members gave a presentation to 120 high school students from all over the world who are in Rwanda for the three-week WiSci Girls STEAM Camp.
rwanda, iwitness / Friday, July 31, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation is sad to learn of the passing of Sir Nicholas Winton, the organizer of the Czechoslovakian Kindertransport and one of the most beloved rescuers of the Holocaust. Winton was 106 years old.
in memoriam / Wednesday, July 1, 2015

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