Rohingya survivor Shafika Begum remembers the 2017 deaths of her four best friends at the hands of the Burmese military.

In this lecture, Allison Somogyi discusses her research project considering sexual violence among Hungarian-Jewish women during the Holocaust and the ways in which victims have – and have not – talked about this (often) gender-specific trauma. In her research, she explores the difference in the ways Hungarian-Jewish women discussed sexual violence at the time of the Final Solution and its immediate aftermath by analyzing wartime diaries and letters.

Paul Parks, a Native American from the Seminole Tribe in Florida, speaks to his experience as an American liberator during World War II. He gave his testimony to USC Shoah Foundation in 1995.

In this clip from her testimony Dora talks about meeting her second husband and overcoming the guilt of finally being happy for the first time in her life.

View Dr. Ruth’s conversation with filmmakers, moderated by film journalist and historian Susan King and hosted by USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith, from this special museum event 15 September 2020.

The Holocaust separated brothers Joseph and Sol Gringlas from all they knew, as well as from one another. After years of surviving slave labor apart, the two were reunited, miraculously, when they were both at the Buna subcamp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

In this September 2020 talk, Chad Gibbs discusses how Jewish prisoners created what he terms “spaces of resistance” at Treblinka and how studying these locations can provide revelations about the roles of women prisoners in resistance. 

In this clip from her testimony, Itka Zygmuntowicz reads one of her poems to illustrate the danger of being a bystander.

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 12, 2020, three members of the organizing committee discussed goals and plans for the international conference “Mass Violence and Its Lasting Impact on Indigenous Peoples - The Case of the Americas and Australia/Pacific Region.” The conference, postponed until October 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will convene Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge holders and scholars from around the world at the University of Southern California, which sits on the traditional land of the Tongva/Gabrieliño People.

A special event commemorating Human Rights Day: December 7, 2020 Presented by HGHS ENOUGH & Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee and featuring a keynote address from USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Dr. Stephen Smith.

In this clip from the Visual History Archive, Elise Taft describes a moment of hope and joy in her family’s darkest times. It’s with those sentiments that we wish all of our Armenian friends and colleagues a Merry Christmas. May the holiday be as bright as the stars described by Elise in her poignant testimony.

In this clip from her 1996 testimony, Franka Berk discusses the importance of tolerance and loving one another.

Arsene Nsabimana speaks on the importance of nonviolence, forgiveness, and friendship.

Anne Bertolino leaves a message for future generations about standing up to hate and not letting history repeat itself.