In this talk, Julia Werner attempts to tell the story of the ghettoization of the Jewish population in Poland through the lenses of several photographic collections combined with interviews from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive.

Herbert Degan reflects on how a country like Germany could allow something like the Holocaust to happen.

Laszlo describes the "Victorian" way of life in Cincinnati after World War II and how he truly found his home as a student at Hebrew Union College.

Branko Lustig reflects on winning an Oscar for Schindler's List and shares his other awards including two Emmy's.

Lusia talks about the Sonderkommando Uprising in Auschwitz in 1944 and the efforts of Roza Robota and three other women who smuggled gunpowder to the Sonderkommando group. March is Women's History Month.

Kurt Gregor describes a Czech pub that still had a sign saying "No Dogs and Jews Allowed" after World War II had ended. 

Tusia Heiman describes how she narrowly avoided being attacked by a Russian soldier at a party. October 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Sonia speaks about Wilhelmina Weissmuller, a non-Jewish humanitarian who made it her mission to get as many Jewish children out of Germany on the Kinderstransport as she could. March is Women's History Month.

Bothe’s lecture, “Meeting Survivors Online: Negotiating Memory in the Virtual In-Between,” focused on both the theory and practical implications of the “digital turn,” or the rapidly evolving digital landscape that is changing how people interact with the virtual and analog worlds. Her research is centered on the Visual History Archive as a paradigmatic example of this shift in action.

Odette discusses how her mother risked her life to help eight Jews escape Germany by selling her jewelry. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Tetje and another woman helped over 200 children hide away when their homes were bombed. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Maria talks about her aunt Adele Bloch-Bauer, who was painted by Gustav Kilmt in his “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.” Nazi soldiers confiscated the painting at the start of WWII and after the war, the Austrian State Gallery claimed the painting as its own. Years later, Altmann fought to get the painting back for her family and she went before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004. Ultimately, it was decided that the painting be sold to the Neue Galerie in New York City, and is currently worth $135 million. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Lily talks about being a very active community worker for Israel. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Agnes talks about delivering messages to the Jews and how she brought them to her aunt’s home where they could hide. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Anna talks about how she strongly believed that what the Germans were doing was morally wrong and how she did what she could to save many children during the Holocaust. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Irene talks about her dangerous experience helping six of her Jewish friends in hiding. This is a part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Women’s History Month Clip series.

Renee describes her life in America after the war, including her marriage, career as a fashion designer, and decision to start speaking about her experiences during the Holocaust. This is part of USC Shoah Foundation's Women's History Month series.

Lisa Slater, who served as a teletypist in the German army durign World War II, remembers seeing a cattle car train filled with Jewish men, women and children. She had never seen such a thing and did not know where they were going.

Aaron Cohen describes moving to Los Angeles and looking for a stable job. After he found his calling, he never missed a day of work in 42 years.

Renée Firestone had successful career as fashion designer after moving to Los Angeles. She recalls the conversation that convinced her to tell her story.

Jack Wysoki says that he survived the Holocaust because of a combination of determination, focus, and refusal to give up.

Cambodian Genocide survivor Sara Pol-Lim explains that she feels a responsibility to make something of her life to honor her family members who did not survive.

Guatemalan survivor Jesús Tecú speaks about his parents going into town to take care of business in 1982, and never returning home. He later discovered that they were killed that day during the massacre Río Negro.

Holocaust survivor Kristine Keren reflects on seeing her grandmother being rounded up and deported.  

Holocaust survivor Lea Schabinski-Faranof remembers the prevelant anti-Semitism in her school.

Ellen Brandt recalls the implementation of the Nuremberg Laws in Berlin and her participation in a Jewish youth movement BDJJ or Bund Deutsch-Jüdischer Jugend. She also reflects how the organization helped her connect with her Jewish identity.

Ruth Brand remembers how the non-Jewish people in her neighborhood taunted her family while they were being forced out of their home in Romania. She also describes how members of her family tried to reclaim their property after the war.

Kizito Kalima, a survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalls the negative effects of labeling in the classroom before the genocide.  

Rita Feder was a young girl during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and remembers how desperately she wanted to attend the games but was unable to because she was Jewish. Feder recalls how dangerous it was for Jews during that time even though there was an international audience in Berlin.