Jehovah's Witness survivor Simone Maria Liebster describes her last night with her mother in a hotel before her mother had to leave her at a Jehovah's Witness re-education center in Germany. They prayed and sang together.

Joseph Horn describes the Auschwitz camp orchestra, which was made up of some of the best musicians in Europe. He distinctly remembers that the orchestra's concerts every Sunday were scheduled so the local townspeople could come into the camp after church and attend the concert. 

by Mariana Aguilar

A few weeks ago, USC Student Body President Rini Sampath posted on her Facebook page about incidents of hatred and intolerance on campus. A Saturday night after a USC football game, Sampath had been walking down USC’s Fraternity Row when a man leaned out his frat house window and hurled a racial epithet and a beverage cup at her.

Vera Laska describes how, as a teenager, she helped Jews and French political prisoners cross the mountains from Slovakia into Hungary. This clip is part of the new Facing History and Ourselves IWitness activity Choosing to Rescue.

Bronia Furst talks about being reunited with her family in the concentration camp in Pechora, Soviet Union. She says that her daily life was terrible because the camp was like a starvation camp and she would watch dead bodies be taken from the barracks everyday. Everyone continuously lived in fear.