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Durant la Shoah, de nombreux individus et groupes ont risqué leur vie pour sauver de très nombreux Juifs . Construite à l’occasion de la « Journée internationale de la commémoration de l'Holocauste » au siège de l'UNESCO à Paris, cette exposition aborde cinq thèmes relatifs au sauvetage, mis en lumière à travers les témoignages de neuf survivants juifs et de quatre sauveteurs .
/ Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Le sauvetage est un sujet fondamental pour comprendre la survie au cours du génocide et mesurer la difficulté des choix effectués par les individus dans des circonstances extrêmes. Bien que de nombreuses histoires de survie pendant l’Holocauste soient dues à des circonstances inexpliquées ou inexplicables, il y a aussi des traces multiples d’aides individuelle ou collective et de sauvetage qui permirent à des milliers de Juifs de survivre.
/ Tuesday, September 16, 2014
The Aladdin Project, founded by Anne-Marie Revcolevschi, uses the power of words to create bonds between Jewish and Muslim worlds. This article first appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of PastForward.
pastforward / Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Dora Goldberg remembers when her mother never returned due to roundups by German soldiers in France. Dora describes being sent to her aunt's house and hiding in the bathroom from Nazis who were searching for her and her brother.
clip, female, jewish survivor, dora goldberg, seperation, human rights, personal action / Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Through his work with the University of London Institute of Education’s Centre for Holocaust Education, Tony Cole teaches “hard to reach” students, who have social, emotional, behavioral or physical needs. But while these students face significant learning challenges, Cole has found IWitness to be an effective and powerful tool to teach them about the Holocaust.
/ Thursday, September 18, 2014
A sea of faces dotted with “Nie Wieder!” banners wraps around the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Germany's capital. As I join them on this Sunday afternoon, I cannot help but think of the crowds that once had gathered under the same grey skies hanging onto every hateful word of their chosen leader, Adolf Hitler.
anti-semitism, Berlin, Angela Merkel, op-eds, antiSemitism / Thursday, September 18, 2014
The Power of Words activity is inspired by Elie Wiesel; thousands of students read his memoir Night every year to learn about the Holocaust. Students will consider the ways in which speaking and writing might empower survivors.
IWitness activity, iwitness / Thursday, September 18, 2014
Clara Isaacman didn’t speak about her experience hiding from the Nazis in Belgium until about 20 years later. She reflects on how Elie Wiesel inspired her to write a book about her survival called, Clara’s Story. Clara’s testimony is featured in the IWitness activity, The Power of Words.
clip, female, jewish survivor, elie wiesel, belgium, iwitness, Clara Isaacman / Thursday, September 18, 2014
Genocide survivors' testimonies are often cited in research papers and books - but that's not the only way they can be used. The Place and Media in Remembering Genocide panel will introduce three projects that incorporate survivor memories into specific locations and forms of media.
international conference / Friday, September 19, 2014
Henry Kress reflects on returning to his home in Poland after liberation and found a stranger living in his family home. Henry also describes how he reunited with a friend and former prisoner from Auschwitz, who helped him find work.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Henry Kress, poland, upstander / Friday, September 19, 2014
Jared McBride, the first-ever Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, says testimony isn’t just an important aspect of his upcoming book manuscript. It can help prove that the controversial history he studies even happened.
/ Monday, September 22, 2014
Bronia Hatfield speaks on the mass killings that took place near her village in the region of Wolyn. By the end of World War II, 98.5 percent of Wolyn’s Jewish population was dead and most of the towns destroyed.
clip, female, jewish survivor, bronia hatfield, human rights, wolyn / Monday, September 22, 2014
Contest challenges students to honor the legacy of Schindler’s List by engaging in community service inspired by survivors’ testimonies and showcasing their action in an IWitness video essay.
/ Tuesday, September 9, 2014
I recently emailed a teacher to ask if he was willing to be featured in a profile story on the USC Shoah Foundation website about his experiences using IWitness in his classroom. I had never been introduced to him and he had not been expecting to hear from me.
op-eds / Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Leon Cepelewicz recalls the Vilna ghetto liquidation in September 1943 and how he was separated from his mother and sister. He also remembers how he and his father were forced onto the cattle cars trains and deported to a concentration camp.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Leon Cepelewicz, Vilna Ghetto / Tuesday, September 23, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation is hosting staff of the Guatemalan nonprofit La Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala (FAFG) in Los Angeles this week so that the two organizations may learn from each other and take steps toward future collaboration.
Guatemala / Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Chance and Choice: A Survivor’s Story highlights the poem "Could Have" by Wislawa Szymborska and three specific survival events from Jewish survivor Lusia Haberfeld's testimony to convey the role of both individual choice as well as luck in surviving the Holocaust.
iwitness, IWitness activity / Thursday, September 25, 2014
Since Barbara Jaffe first learned about the USC Shoah Foundation 10 years ago, she has participated in its Master Teacher professional development program, created her own IWitness activities, and has seen her students become just as affected by Holocaust survivor testimony as she is.
/ Thursday, September 25, 2014
Lusia Haberfeld recalls how her family evaded deportation by hiding in an attic within the Warsaw ghetto. This clip from Lusia’s testimony is featured in the IWitness Activity: Chance & Choice: A survivor's story.
clip, female, jewish survivor, hiding, evasion, Lusia Haberfeld, warsaw ghetto, iwitness / Friday, September 26, 2014
The conference’s first roundtable discussion will bring together four panelists from all over the world who will engage in a discussion about how digital archives can be used both to engage and inform the public and also aid scholars in their research.
international conference / Friday, September 26, 2014
Customized Education Activities, Once-In-A-Lifetime Teacher Professional Development Program in Poland and Exclusive Virtual Field Trip will be Part of Auschwitz: The Past is Present Initiative
a70 / Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Auschwitz: The Past is Present will support official activities of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp
a70 / Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Phyllis Karp describes her encounter with Oskar Schindler after World War II. While she was not friends with Schindler personally, her husband Irwin was acquainted with him because of his working relationship with Schindler's close friend, Julius Madristch. She also describes the impact that Emilie Schindler, Oskar's wife, had on the Jewish community.
clip, jewish survivor, memory, schindler, phyllis karp / Friday, September 26, 2014
In an effort to safeguard a narrative that began with the 1994 creation of the USC Shoah Foundation, Information Technology Services (ITS) has launched the process of digitizing the USC Shoah Foundation Institutional Audio-Visual Records.
its, preservation / Monday, September 29, 2014
Syrt Wolters speaks admirably of the Spainers, a Jewish family he and his wife hid in their home in the Netherlands during World War II.
clip, male, upstander, air provider, Syrt Wolter, netherlands, hiding / Monday, September 29, 2014
Schindler’s List producer Branko Lustig will play a key role in this year’s Let’s Cee Film Festival in Vienna, which welcomes filmmakers and film enthusiasts from all over Central and Eastern Europe.
Branko Lustig, film / Tuesday, September 30, 2014