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As Hannah, in the novel The Devil's Arithmetic, needed to have a first-hand experience to fully understand the Holocaust; my students must be equipped with first-hand information, too. While they cannot "time travel" as Hannah does, they can hear from survivors to have a greater understanding of the Holocaust.
Musician and music scholar Alexandra Birch will discuss the resistance demonstrated by one of the 20th century’s most renowned composers, Dmitri Shostakovich, in her presentation at the Music as Resistance to Genocide academic symposium.
Заснований Стівеном Спілбергом Фонд Шоа зберігає тисячі відеосвідчень про Голокост. Фонд Шоа створив Стівен Спілберг після того, як зняв фільм «Список Шиндлера». Сьогодні колекція нараховує 53 тисячі відеосвідчень. Про збереження пам'яті розповідає Анна Ленчовська, українська координаторка Інституту візуальної історії та освіти Фонду Шоа (університет Південної Каліфорнії, США).
Students can now get even more creative with their IWitness Information Quests.
A new exhibit on the USC Shoah Foundation website takes a closer look at the stories of refugees during World War II. It is inspired by the current refugee crisis in Europe.
In an effort to create a deeper engagement with educators online, USC Shoah Foundation’s educational website IWitness hosts monthly Twitter chats.
USC Shoah Foundation Senior International Program Consultant Martin Šmok has begun teaching a yearlong course at the Ronald Lauder Jewish School in Prague to introduce students to the Visual History Archive and testimony.
Musicologist Janie Cole will discuss how “freedom songs” provided an oppressed community with political expression, resistance, therapy, identity, memory and resilience to confront potential violence and death.