100 Days to Inspire Respect

Niddal describes how he took action to promote respect and tolerance in Copenhagen following a 2015 prejudice-fueled terrorist attack on the city's main Jewish synagogue.

Yvonne talks about her maternal grandmother's flight from Germany to China, joining Yvonne and her parents in Shanghai a year after they had arrived there in 1939. Yvonne states that the remaining family perished during the Holocaust. She explains why her mother chose Shanghai as a place of refuge.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Henrietta recalls how her parents taught her to respect all people, especially those less fortunate than she was.

Gerald talks about his family's flight from Nazi Germany to China in 1939, on board of the German steamship "Scharnhorst."  He mentions the instrumental role of Jewish relief organizations that assisted his family during the trip and describes his first impressions of Shanghai.

The study will examine IWitness’s effectiveness in developing students’ capacity to become more responsible participants in civil society through the educational use of genocide survivor and witness testimony.
To celebrate this year’s Digital Learning Day (#DLDay), USC Shoah Foundation will host a Facebook Live broadcast in English Language Arts teacher Lesly Culp’s classroom as her students complete an IWitness activity.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Carl Wilkens, head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Kigali, Rwanda, was the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide. He explains his decision to stay.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Marion remembers the moment her father taught her to treat gay people with respect.

Henry describes his flight from Berlin, Germany, to Shanghai, China, in summer 1940 and recalls the family members he left behind.