In this lecture, Gabór Tóth discussed the ways text and data mining technology has helped to recover fragments of lost experiences of Nazi persecution out of oral history interviews with survivors. He also demonstrated how a data-driven anthology of these fragments has been built.

In this lecture, Professor Peter Hayes detailed how and why the Nazi regime managed to kill an unprecedented number of people with ferocious speed, yet without applying significant quantities of German personnel or resources.

In this webinar, the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research team will provide a deep dive into the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, including its history; methodologies of testimony collection, preservation, and indexing; current state of the archive and its collections; and how to use its search engines and interface for research and teaching. The participants will learn how to unlock the research potential of the archive and be able to ask questions and get assistance with effectively searching the archive.

Tento strihový film, ktorý si môžete stiahnuť do svojho počítača, obsahuje úryvky zo svedectiev pamätníkov holokaustu z archívu vizuálnej histórie USC Shoah Foundation. Všetci sa narodili v poľskom meste Osvienčim (Oświeçim), ktoré je dnes, žiaľ, známe predovšetkým kvôli systému koncentračných táborov  s názvom Auschwitz, ktorý v meste a okolí vybudovala nemecká nacistická okupačná správa.

Moshe Shamir (né sous le nom de Schmucker) voit le jour dans une famille juive orthodoxe le 17 avril 1922 à Cernauti, Roumanie (aujourd’hui Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Son père, Avraham, est enseignant dans une école hébraïque. Il meurt quand Moshe n’a que cinq ans. La mère de Moshe, Rifka, l’élève avec son frère aîné, Menachem. Moshe fréquente une école yiddish, est membre du mouvement de jeunesse sioniste Gordonia et chante dans une chorale juive au temple. Il travaille en tant qu’apprenti dans une mercerie à l’âge de douze ans.

In this lecture, 2019 Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellow Anna Lee discusses the commonalities she discovered in narratives that span decades and continents, as survivors talk about the trauma inflicted on them and the intrusion and violation of safe, protected spaces. She examines the diverse forms of activism described by these survivors and the ways they have employed activism to come to terms with and heal from their traumatic experiences.