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Film Screening: "The Other Side of Home"

Cosponsored by The SCA Alumni Screening Series, USC Institute of Armenian Studies and The Center for Advanced Genocide Research at the USC Shoah Foundation Directed by SCA Alumna Naré Mkrtchyan Produced by Naré Mkrtchyan and Rob Fried Followed by a Q&A with Naré Mkrtchyan 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, September 1st, 2016 The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVPs REQUIRED.

cagr / Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Esperance Kaligirwa on her neighbors standing up to genocide

In this clip, Esperance Kaligirwa recalls being rounded up by men intent on killing her and her family but were spared by the actions of her neighbors who interceded for them.

Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, rwanda, rwandan survivor, female, résistance / Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Abdulla Garabed Funeral

This clip is an excerpt of the footage J. Michael Hagopian filmed of Armenian Genocide survivor Abdulla Garabed's funeral, just two weeks after he filmed Garabed's testimony. The first part of the clip is the procession of attendees and the ceremony, with no audio. The second part is a short clip of the funeral ceremony that took place.

clip / Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Abdullah Garabed Funeral

/ Thursday, August 11, 2016

Testimony in Armenian Collection Will Include Visual History Archive’s First Funeral

The integration of the final Armenian Genocide collection testimonies in the coming months will bring unique stories and testimony formats to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive — including one that includes both a survivor’s life and his death.

Armenian, Armenian Genocide Collection / Thursday, August 11, 2016

Pamela Applebaum

After Pamela Applebaum attended USC Shoah Foundation’s Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Detroit last year, she knew the Institute was something she wanted to be a part of. “We immediately embraced the importance of ensuring the vital preservation of the darkest chapter in Jewish history with the enduring vision of connecting the next generation to a modern perspective of this past to better grapple with today’s complicated, challenging, and belligerent environment,” she said.

board of councilors / Thursday, August 11, 2016

Dirouhi Haigas on Preparing for Deportation to Der Zor

Armenian survivor Dirouhi Haigas describes how the Armenians in her town were told to pack very few belongings and leave all their posessions behind in the days leading up to their deportation to the desert of Der Zor. Her father and several other men were hung in the church square.

clip / Thursday, August 11, 2016

BOC Toolkit Full Testimony Playlist

/ Thursday, August 11, 2016

Jacek Dabrowski remembers Maximilian Kolbe

Jacek Dabrowski remembers visiting Maximilian Kolbe at his monastery before Kolbe was taken prisoner. Dabrowski was taken to Pawiak prison only two weeks after Kolbe was deported from Pawiak to Auschwitz.

clip, male, political prisone, Maximilian Kolbe / Friday, August 12, 2016

Jan Dudzinski on Maximillian Kolbe

Jan Dudzinski recalls his interaction with a priest he would later discover was Maximillian Kolbe at Pawiak prison.

clip, male jewish survivor, Jan Dudzinski, Maximillian Kolbe / Friday, August 12, 2016

Michael Preisler on Father Kolbe's Sacrifice

Michael Preisler explains the story of Maximilian Kolbe volunteering himself in place of another prisoner, who was going to be killed. Preisler was a prisoner at Pawiak prison after Kolbe had been deported from Pawiak to Auschwitz.

clip, jewish survivor, Michael Preisler, Maximillan Kolbe / Friday, August 12, 2016

Remembering Father Maximillian Kolbe

A Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, Maximillian Koble sacrificed his life for another man in Auschwitz. After 14 days of being confined in a prison cell without food or water Kolbe was murdered by SS guards. Kolbe was beatified and then canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1982, and known as “The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century.”

Maximillian Kolbe / Friday, August 12, 2016

Religious Resistance in Auschwitz: The Sacrifice of Saint Kolbe

Maximilian Kolbe, born in Poland in 1894, was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest. He spent most of his life studying theology and dedicating himself to the church, traveling across Europe and Asia during his lifetime.

St Kolbe, résistance, GAM, op-eds / Friday, August 12, 2016

ITeach Seminar: Detroit

The three-day training will introduce participating educators in the greater Detroit area to IWitness and strategies for using testimony in the classroom, including how to integrate testimony across the curriculum and how to create testimony-curriculum plans for their individual classrooms.

/ Friday, August 12, 2016

ITeach Seminar: Czech Republic

A one-day, intermediate level session focused on the refugee experience. This session introduces educators in Brno, Czech Republic to the use of testimony as an educational resource, emphasizing Czech language activities in IWitness. Learn more about our work in Czech Republic

iwitness / Friday, August 12, 2016

IWitness Professional Development Webinar

USC Shoah Foundation's educational platform, IWitness continues hosting free webinars for educators throughout 2016. These webinars aim to provide a more in-depth and interactive approach to learning how to teach with testimony.

IWitness Webinar / Friday, August 12, 2016

IWitness at the 2016 Illinois Reading Council

USC Shoah Foundation will lead a session at the Illinois Reading Council (IRC) Conference, introducing educators to IWitness and the use of testimony as an educational resource.

iwitness / Friday, August 12, 2016

ITeach Seminar: Detroit

The one-day training will introduce Detroit area educators to IWitness and strategies for using testimony in the classroom, including how to integrate testimony across the curriculum and how to create testimony-curriculum plans for their individual classrooms.

iwitness detroit / Friday, August 12, 2016

ITeach Seminar: Detroit