In commemoration of Pride Month, the Institute recognizes the LGBTQ+ people persecuted under the Nazis from as early as 1933 to the end of the war in 1945, some of whose stories are in the Institute’s Visual History Archive.They are stories of survival, resistance, rescue, and heartbreaking loss. Some of the witnesses were targeted by the Nazis for being gay under the German penal code, Paragraph 175. Other witnesses recall their encounters with gay men and women who provided rescue and aid at great risk to their own lives.

An award-winning feature film based on a true story of survival, produced in association with USC Shoah Foundation.

My Name Is Sara shares the story of Sara Góralnik who at age 13 survived the Holocaust by passing as a Christian after her family was killed by Nazis.

Now streaming. For more information on how to view the film, visit the official My Name Is Sara website.

The Memory Generation is a new podcast by USC Shoah Foundation's Storyteller-in-Residence Rachael Cerrotti. In this series, Rachael hosts conversations about the inheritance of memory and intergenerational storytelling. The first season is now streaming. 

The Academy Award®-winning feature documentary film shares the remarkable stories of five people ­– a grandmother, a teacher, a businessman, an artist, and a U.S. congressman – as they return from the United States to their hometowns and to the ghettos and concentration camps that once imprisoned them.

The film is currently available on Netflix and Blu-ray.

Giving Tuesday was created with a simple idea—a day that encourages people to do good by paying it forward, sharing kindness, spreading love, sparking joy and giving back. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.

In these difficult times, we ask that you make a gift to USC Shoah Foundation to stand with us—against prejudice, intolerance and bigotry—as a beacon of light and hope for all of humanity.

USC Shoah Foundation and education partners can help you make the film a part of your classroom experience.

360-degree testimonies on location use the latest technology with a single camera that is able to capture the interviewee and the surrounding location in a single shot. This allows viewers to feel like they are standing in the location with the survivor. The locations might include a childhood home, a ghetto, a concentration camp, inside a museum or other places of key significance to a survivor’s personal history.

In addition to collecting and preserving video testimonies, USC Shoah Foundation produces documentaries about the Holocaust and genocide. The Institute’s documentary films have aired in 50 countries and are subtitled in 28 languages.