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В той час, як Україна намагається впроваджувати радикальну реформу системи правоохоронних органів, міжнародний консультант фонду Шоа Університету Південної Каліфорнії в Україні, Анна Ленчовська, використовує відеосвідчення для того, щоб навчати нових патрульних толерантності та недискримінації.
/ Monday, June 1, 2015
Dr. Kori Street will be presenting on "Social Media in Holocaust Education" at the 30th annual conference for the Association of Holocaust Organizations.
kori street / Monday, June 1, 2015
Educators will be able to preview the complete redesign of the IWitness activity library this summer in time for its official launch this fall.
iwitness, IWitness activity / Monday, June 1, 2015
Martin Weiss describes how his neighbors did nothing to help his Jewish family during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1944.
clip, male, jewish survivor, mistreatment, Martin Weiss, bystander / Monday, June 1, 2015
Floyd Dade explains the racial segregation of battalions during World War II. He also describes his relations with white soldiers on the battlefield.
clip, male, liberator, floyd dade, civil rights, discrimination, racsim, segregation / Monday, June 1, 2015
Dr. Gerard Chailand provides historical background on how the Armenians’ placement in the Turkish land played an important role in the the genocide.
clip, male, scholar, Armenian Genocide, politics, gerard chailand / Monday, June 1, 2015
Special Education teacher Andra Coulter has worked for the Calgary Board of Education since 2006 teaching in a unique setting for students who demonstrate severe externalizing behaviors. Coulter builds upon the existing abilities of her students to promote the development of their strengths, skills and attributes across school, home and social environments. Coulter has a background in the non-profit sector, working and volunteering for various local agencies prior to her work as a teacher. She holds a B.A in Psychology and a B.Ed in Elementary Education.
/ Monday, June 1, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation is hosting new webinars for educators that aim to provide a more in-depth and interactive approach to learning how to teach with testimony.
iwitness, teacher training / Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The school I teach at in Alberta, Canada, is considered a "unique setting" within our public school system. This means that our programming is designed to meet the complex learning, social and emotional needs of elementary children who exhibit extreme behavioral and emotional difficulties which impede their ability to be successful in school, community and home.
past is present, Holocaust education, Teaching with Testimony, iwitness, Paula Lebovics, Twitter, op-eds / Wednesday, June 3, 2015
In honor of Gay Pride Month, each Friday in June USC Shoah Foundation will publish a testimony clip about the diverse experiences of gay people during the Holocaust.
Clips, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, blog, stefan kosinski, Albrecht Becker / Thursday, June 4, 2015
Two classes on opposite sides of the world completed an upcoming IWitness activity inspired by USC Shoah Foundation's social media campaign.
IWitness activity, bystander, beginswithme, rwanda, new jersey, partner school / Friday, June 5, 2015
Steven Spielberg, founder of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, will present William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, with the Institute’s Ambassador for Humanity Award at the organization’s annual gala, taking place this year in Detroit on September 10, 2015. Ford will be recognized for his leadership and corporate citizenry around education and community. Mickey Shapiro, real estate developer and longstanding member of the Institute’s Board of Councilors, is the event’s co-chairman.
/ Friday, June 5, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation launched its Armenian Genocide Collection in the Visual History Archive in April. Now, a new information Quest Activity about the Armenian Genocide is available for students and educators to view in IWitness.
Armenian Genocide, IWitness activity / Monday, June 8, 2015
Alice Shipley discusses the deportation of her family during the Armenian Genocide. This testimony clip is featured in the new IWitness activity, Information Quest – The Armenian Genocide.
clip, female, armenian surivor, iwitness, Alice Shipley, deportations / Monday, June 8, 2015
For nine Philadelphia high school students, a loaf of challah was one of the most special gifts they have ever received.
Philadelphia, jayne perilstein, next generation council, iwitness video challenge / Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Ruth Brand recalls an anti-Semitic experience as a young girl in her native country of Romania.
clip, female, jewish survivor, romania, ruth brand, culture, arts, discrimination, antiSemitism / Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Henrietta Altman remembers the liquidation of the Bedzin ghetto in Poland in August 1943.
clip, female, jewish survivor, Bedzin ghetto, liquidation, poland, Henrietta Altman / Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Aegis Trust and its partners have launched a new, state-of-the-art Genocide Archive of Rwanda online platform that gives access to never-before-seen information about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Today’s date, June 9, also marks International Archives Day.
genocide archive rwanda, aegis, rwanda / Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The community of Strasbourg, Saskatchewan, has reaped the benefits of Larry Mikulcik’s trip to Poland for Auschwitz: The Past is Present.
past is present / Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Gay Pride Month, pride, homosexual survivors, lgbtq / Thursday, June 11, 2015
The 2015 IWitness Video Challenge winning video, “From, Your Friend :),” documents middle school students, Emma Heintz and Natalia Podstawka remarkable effort to make a difference at their school, Douglas Middle School in East Douglas, Mass., by distributing notecards with compliments and words of encouragement to all 415 students.
clip, video, iwitness, IWitness Video Challenge 2015, winning video / Thursday, June 11, 2015
Two eighth graders were inspired by testimony to write personalized notes to every student in their school in the winning video "From, Your Friend :)."
IWitness Video Challenge 2015 / Thursday, June 11, 2015
Florida Holocaust Museum has joined the Preserving the Legacy initiative. USC Shoah Foundation ITS staff are currently indexing FHM’s collection of 207 Holocaust survivor testimonies.
/ Friday, June 12, 2015
What makes Gad Beck’s story so remarkable, however, was that not only was he a “Mischling” but he was also a gay teenager living in Nazi Berlin, the epicenter of a military power antagonistic to both Jews and gays.
homosexuality, holocaust, paragraph 175, gay, homosexual, gay rights, gay pride, résistance, op-eds / Monday, June 15, 2015
In this clip, Gad Beck recalls the day he ran in to tell his mother that he "had his first man" and her surprising reaction. It is a sweet story of family acceptance and support.
subtitled, gay, homosexual, jewish survivor, Gad Beck, male / Monday, June 15, 2015
Gad Beck recalls how the Gentile women in Berlin, including his aunts, came en masse to Rosenstraße in order to protest for the release of the Jewish men detained by the Nazis for deportation to the concentration camps. Gad and his father were among the detainees arrested during the Fabrikaktion.
Rosenstrasse, Rosenstraße, résistance, Gad Beck, Fabrikaktion, male / Monday, June 15, 2015
Capping off months of preparation, study and travel, the first group of USC Shoah Foundation Junior Interns returned to the Institute’s office in May to present their final thoughts on their participation in Auschwitz: The Past is Present program.
past is present, junior interns, Paula Lebovics, Lesly Culp / Monday, June 15, 2015
Martin Aaron reflects on the importance of sharing his experience of the Holocaust even though it is very difficult.
clip, male, jewish survivor, testimony, giving testimon, martin aaron / Monday, June 15, 2015
Henry Joseph describes the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg and then the later deporations of Jews in 1941.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Henry Joseph, depotations, Luxembourg / Wednesday, June 17, 2015