Iako Behar and his family emigrated from Bulgaria to Mexico after the war. Iako discusses in Spanish the cultural differences between the two countries but also reflects on how welcoming the Mexican community was to his family.

Their focus is on Mexican-American youth activism of the 1930s and ‘40s, but the students in USC’s Echoes of the Mexican Voice journalism course will draw on aspects of USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive when they create their own multimedia website this semester.