As a featured speaker at the 2014 Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Los Angeles, Michelle Sadrena Clark said that the USC Shoah Foundation had changed her life and her teaching. “We learned about that last year” is something a teacher never wants to hear her students say, but those are exactly the words Michelle Sadrena Clark heard from her students. What concerned her most was that they were talking about the Holocaust, as if it were just another history topic to cover once and then check off the list.
teacher, high school, california, mtw, Michelle Clark / Thursday, May 8, 2014
Born in Tunisia in 1940, Jacqueline Gmach left at the age of 18. Though her family was not directly in danger, the Nazi genocide remains deeply personal to her. She has devoted her career to educating people about its horrors as well as promoting the Jewish culture its executioners tried to obliterate. A scholar with degrees and credentials from institutions ranging from the Sorbonne in Paris to the University of Jerusalem and the University of Montreal, Gmach serves as project director for USC Shoah Foundation’s Testimonies of North Africa and the Middle East project.
Gmach, sephardi, mizrahi, collection, archive, vha / Friday, April 11, 2014
University of Southern California students will study post-genocide reconstruction this summer on the second annual Problems Without Passports trip to Rwanda. The course is led by USC Shoah Foundation's Dan Leshem and Amy Carnes.
problems without passports, Dan Leshem, amy carnes, usc, usc dornsife / Tuesday, January 21, 2014
/ Thursday, January 2, 2014
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.
/ Thursday, January 2, 2014
November 15, 2012: Dr. Sean Field discussed oral histories in the context of both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Centre for Popular Memory in South Africa and approaches to studying memories of violence.
presentation, sean field / Thursday, January 2, 2014
November 7, 2013: How does location impact the way teaching the Holocaust is approached? USC Shoah Foundation brought together Professors Yehuda Bauer and Xu Xin for the first time in a discussion of the differences of teaching Jewish Studies and the Holocaust in Israel and China. Each will explore the challenges they face in dealing with the Holocaust and comparative genocide in their cultural, linguistic, and historical context.
presentation / Thursday, January 2, 2014
by Zoe Jablow
student voices, student videos, sv2012, student film / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Kevin Vavasseur
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Taylor Crisp
/ Friday, January 3, 2014
by Armen Ter Zakarian
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by John Ingram
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Youssef Biaz
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Vincent Quek
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
April 12, 2012: British poet Richard Berengarten (previously known as Richard Burns)  read from his book
presentation / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Jordan McKittrick
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Alison Chen
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Jee Woo Choi
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Brie Da Silveria
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Conner Vidano
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Kayla Carlisle and Will Merrick
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Kelly Speca
student film, student voices / Friday, January 3, 2014
by Ibifuro Ogbango
/ Friday, January 3, 2014
Paulin Ndahayo is quickly proving to be one of the newest and most passionate ambassadors of IWitness in Rwanda. Ndahayo teaches political education and literature at Gashora Girls Academy in the Bugesera district in eastern Rwanda. He attended the first Rwandan IWitness teacher training at Kigali Genocide Memorial Center (KGMC) in November 2013 and, with his colleague Penelope Aryatugumya, will conduct a pilot of his first IWitness lesson at his school this year.
/ Monday, January 6, 2014
Today marks the beginning of Kwibuka20, Rwanda’s three-month commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide.
rwanda, rwandan survivor, Stephen Smith, kwibuka / Monday, January 6, 2014
Eva Bergmann remembers when she was forced to leave her job at a public kindergarten school in Berlin because of Nazi enforced anti-Jewish restrictions. Eva also reflects that her gentile friends remained loyal and friendly to her even after she was labeled as “non-Aryan.”
clip, female, jewish survivor, Eva Bergmann, Berlin, anti-jewish measures / Tuesday, January 7, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the tablet-compatible version of its award-winning educational website IWitness.
iwitness, free technology for teachers, technology / Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Wiosną 1942 roku Teresa Prekerowa mieszkała w Warszawie – w tym czasie sama, gdyż jej rodzice opuścili miasto. Pewnego dnia wracała wieczorem do domu i zobaczyła na ulicy małą żydowską dziewczynkę. Zabrała ją do domu, przez tydzień opiekowała się nią, a po tygodniu poszła z nią do zakonu Nazaretanek, o których widziała, że prowadzą ochronkę i na pewno zaopiekują się dzieckiem. Prekerowa znała ten zakon jeszcze sprzed wojny, kiedy chodziła do prywatnej szkoły prowadzonej przez zakonnice.
clip, female, jewish survivor / Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Stella obserwowała walkę swojego ojca, będącego żydowskim policjantem, o utrzymanie przy życiu swojej rodziny. Do jego obowiązków jako policjanta należało, m.in. zabieranie z ulic zwłok zmarłych Żydów. I kiedy umarł dziadek Stelii, a ojciec jej ojca, to był on prawdziwie szczęśliwy, że nie musi zbierać jego zwłok z ulicy i, że ojciec umarł naturalną śmiercią. Stella usłyszała takie zdanie z ust ojca i byłą tym strasznie zszokowana.
clip, female, jewish survivor / Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Ludwik Krasucki był złapany i aresztowany w pociągu, został poddany torturom, po czym umieszczono go w obozie Sztutchow, jako polskiego więźnia politycznego. W obozie był zatrudniony jako hydraulik i traktowany tak, jak traktowano innych Polaków. Cały czas ukrywał swoje żydostwo i uważał, że wcale jego los nie jest zły, gdyż zdawał sobie sprawę, że jako Żyd mógłby być traktowany dużo gorzej.
clip, male, jewish survivor / Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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