Emmanuel talks about the last time he saw his pregnant cousin alive.Born: January 10, 1975City of Birth: Rutonde (Rwamagana, Rwanda)In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)Liberation location: Nyamirambo (Kigali, Rwanda)
rwanda, genocide, male, subtitled / Monday, March 17, 2014
Douglas Greenberg is Senior Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation and Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. Previously he was the Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation, a Professor of History at the University of Southern California, Dean at Princeton University and President of the Chicago Historical Society.
/ Monday, March 17, 2014
Over the last six weeks, I have had the unique opportunity to be the Senior Fellow at USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education. It’s been an honor for me to be here, especially since I led the Institute between 2000 and 2008. Returning to this remarkable place, having the opportunity to use the Visual History Archive, and working among dear former colleagues and new friends has been simply thrilling.
Senior Fellow, Volyn, Ukraine, op-eds / Monday, March 17, 2014
The footsteps of Holocaust survivors come to life in IWalks, USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive testimony-based educational program.
iwalk, zach / Monday, March 17, 2014
Holokauszt túlélők és szemtanúk visszaemlékezései vezetik végig a diákokat az egykori gettó területén és más emlékhelyeken új oktatási programunkban (IWalks)Az IWalks elnevezésű új, videóinterjúkra épülő oktatási programban résztvevő diákok a holokauszt túlélői és szemtanúi nyomában járva fedezik fel Budapest emlékhelyeit.
/ Tuesday, March 18, 2014
/ Tuesday, March 18, 2014
/ Tuesday, March 18, 2014
/ Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Erno Abelesz remembers when German forces occupied his home country of Hungary on March 19, 1944.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Erno Abelesz, hungary, occupation / Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Home to several of USC Shoah Foundation’s most innovative educational programs, Hungary is a crucial site for the Institute’s work outside the United States.
hungary, teaching with testimony for the 21st century, iwalk, iTeach, Andrea Szőnyi / Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Mirgazim Sabirov was a teenager when he and his family rescued a Jewish family during the mass executions at Babi Yar. His family was not a part of an underground resistance or rescue group but acted alone. The atrocity at Babi Yar claimed the lives of 100,000 men, women, and children.
rescuer, subtitled, male, clip / Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Gisela Dollinger’s husband, Bernard Dollinger was arrested by the Gestapo in Vienna, Austria. Gisela persuaded Gestapo personnel to release her husband and saved Bernard from being deported to a concentration camp. Gestapo personnel told Bernard and Gisela they had two weeks to leave Austria or they would be deported; the couple then fled to Shanghai.
clip, female, jewish survivor, Austria, gestapo, gisela dollinger / Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Seventeen students and alumni of Comcast’s and One Economy's Digital Connectors Program piloted the Institute’s new online application, IWitness. During the program, students utilized IWitness to develop video projects that explored their understanding of the Holocaust and its connection to their own lives. Hear students and educators at the Digital Connectors Program speak about their experience.
/ Wednesday, March 19, 2014
/ Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The regional winners of the IWitness Video Challenge were inspired by Holocaust survivor testimony to serve food to the needy, speak out for immigration reform, hold a book drive for kids and more. One will be named the winner of the 2013 IWitness Video Challenge.
iwitness, iwitness video challenge / Wednesday, March 19, 2014
On May 7, 2014, USC Shoah Foundation will gather in Los Angeles for its 20th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala. To help mark this occasion, the Institute will have the great privilege of welcoming President Barack Obama
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
Renée Firestone reflects on the importance of tolerance and hopes that future generations will learn from her testimony, and stand up against prejudice.
clip, female, Renee Firestone, future message, jewish survivor / Thursday, March 20, 2014
Participants in the September 2010 panel discussion, titled “Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past,” included Beth Meyerowitz, USC Professor of Psychology; Mathilde Mukantabana, Professor of History at Cosumnes River College and President of Friends of Rwanda Association; Freddy Mutanguha, Director of the Kigali Memorial Centre and Secretary General of IBUKA; and James Smith, CEO of Aegis Trust. Lyn Boyd-Judson, Director of the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, moderated the discussion.
/ Thursday, March 20, 2014
On May 7, 2014, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will gather in Los Angeles for its 20th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala.  To help mark this occasion, the Institute will have the great privilege of welcoming President Barack Obama, who will speak to common values and shared responsibilities in building a brighter future.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation Senior Institute Fellow Douglas Greenberg will deliver a talk about his research tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. on the USC campus, Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) Forum, Room 450. The talk will be streamed live here on the USC Shoah Foundation website.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
Eighteen new Master Teacher candidates attended the 2010 Teaching with Testimony workshop from July 26-30, 2010. In this video, the participants share their impressions about their experience at the workshop.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
Thirty-one teachers from 22 regions of Ukraine attended a national teacher training seminar on the use of a new multimedia educational kit, Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933:  The Human Dimension of the Tragedy.In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
In March 2010, representatives from 25 universities and museums with access to the Visual History Archive came to the Institute for the International Digital Access, Outreach, and Research Conference, an unprecedented opportunity for collaborative learning and dialogue about the use of the archive in research and higher education.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
/ Friday, March 21, 2014
Sara Greenberg's short documentary about her grandparents, Reli and Joseph Gringlas, who survived the Holocaust. The film uses footage from the interviews her grandparents’ gave to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, independent interviews that Greenberg and her siblings conducted, and footage from a 2005 family trip through Eastern Europe, revisiting the locales of her grandparents' childhoods.
/ Friday, March 21, 2014

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