Izak Kiven describes the train journey to Prague and the conditions in the city for refugees after World War II. The people were very friendly and eager to help him and other survivors.

Martin Šmok, USC Shoah Foundation’s senior international program consultant and regional consultant in Czech Republic, gave his first presentation at the U.S. Embassy in Prague on February 4.

Liberator Floyd Dade talks about his experiences growing up in a segregated neighborhood in the U.S. before the war.

How do we begin to remember the millions of victims of the biggest genocide in human history? How do we echo the gravity of the world’s loss to students? How do we work to create a meaningful moment that memorializes humankind’s greatest tragedy? In planning a Holocaust unit in conjunction with Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations, these are questions that were prevalent in our minds as we devised a memorial program that paid tribute while emphasizing the need for continued human rights education in classroom’s across the world.

Bokova discussed the importance of human rights education in combating radical extremism around the world in a talk on February 8 in Leavey Library.

Dr. Kiril Feferman, the Institute's 2015-2016 Center Fellow, gives a lecture on his research regarding the roles religion plays in Jewish survival in occupied Soviet territories during World War II.

In their talk, Cole, Giordano, Jaskot, and Knowles described the new research interests and goals that they have honed during their visit to USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research from Jan. 8-14. At the core of their research questions is the desire to foreground the experiences and voices of Holocaust survivors.

A lecture by Atina Grossmann (Cooper Union, New York)

USC Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies
2714 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles CA 90070
(Parking available at the Institute or on Hoover.)

Liberator Paul Parks describes his experiences with racism while attending Purdue University in 1941.