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The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2017-2018 Rutman Fellowship for Research and Teaching that will provide summer support for one member of the University of Pennsylvania faculty to integrate testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) into a new or existing course. The fellowship is open to all disciplinary and methodological approaches and will be awarded on a competitive basis to the most interesting project.
The annual conference brings together experts in the field to discuss new research and advances in oral history and its use in a variety of contexts.
Henri Deutsch, a jewish survivor, who along with his family was rescued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, recalls the Portuguese diplomat. Sousa Mendes, against orders from the Portuguese government, issued an estimated 30,000 travel visas to people escaping Nazi-occupied France in 1940.
Over the course of 2016, testimony from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive contributed to a wide array of published texts, from studies about the methodology of the Institute’s interviewing and cataloguing, to wholly other subjects that pulled from the VHA to back a defined thesis.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Lea discusses her experiences joining the Boyle Heights community of Los Angeles when she immigrated to the United States after the Holocaust.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Three survivors of the Holocaust share memories about their experiences with police during the Holocaust.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Tom, both a Holocaust survivor and US Congressman, explains how his role in the community of the United States has evolved.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Jiryar describes some of his happy memories from his Armenian community before the Armenian Genocide began.
Students will consider the role of identity in making choices to become a bystander and they will build their communication skills that promote respect.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Ndamyuwera Jean Sothere advocates respect for all people, referencing his Christian faith to make his point