April 16, 2012: In an exclusive trip from Jerusalem to Los Angeles, Yehuda Bauer brought more than five decades of experience as a pre-eminent international advisor and scholar on the Holocaust to USC for this special engagement.

Tisha B'Av (The Ninth of Av) is a day of mourning and fasting. The holiday commemorates various tragedies that befell the Jewish people throughout history, particularly the destruction of the first and second Temples in 586 BCE and 70 CE.

In her testimony, Holocaust survivor Edith Reifer recalls fasting on Tisha B’av while imprisoned at Krakau-Plaszow labor camp.

Survivor Irene Adler reads a poem she wrote in the 1960s called "The Yellow Star," about her experiences during the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor Manfred Steinfeld explains the fear that drove German Jews to vote for Hitler in the 1935 presidential election.

Holocaust survivor Miriam Brysk describes the discrimination she experienced as a woman in college and in her post-doctorate work.

Helen Freibrun decided to tell her story with the hope of preventing the Holocaust from happening again.

Holocaust survivor Helen Lewis describes fasting for Yom Kippur at Praust concentration camp, a subcamp of Stutthof, in 1944. 

Holocaust survivor Kristine Keren reflects on seeing her grandmother being rounded up and deported.
 

This video shows select clips from survivors of the Holocaust, as well as other genocides that have occurred in recent history.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Floyd reflects on how his experiences as a Holocaust liberator shaped his views on hate.