Testimony from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive played a prominent role in two events in Prague last week: Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden’s annual alumni conference and a photography exhibit of the famous “Auschwitz Album.”

When reading a published article or book, it can be easy to forget how many hundreds of hours of research the author put in in order to bring the project to fruition. Many scholars do this research completely on their own, but some are lucky enough to have an assistant.

Max Iland reflects on personal struggles with faith and suffering. He is brought to tears at the thought of how much his mother and brother must have suffered on their way to the concentration camp and when they were sent to the gas chambers.