In this clip, Beatrice Muchman recalls her favorite holiday when she was a little girl in hiding in the Belgian countryside with a Christian woman who hid her and her cousin. At the time, Beatrice and her cousin had converted to Catholicism. She eventually returned to her Jewish faith particularly through the help of her husband's family.

New Dimensions in Testimony has been a work of passion for USC Shoah Foundation since 2010. After years of development at the University of Southern California including with USC Institute for Creative Technologies and with content developer Conscience Display, the program is now reaching audiences in museums around the world.

 联络人：Josh Grossberg 213-740-6065  josh.grossberg@usc.edu 即时发布   中国 南京 - 2017年12月13日 - 作为南京大屠杀80周年纪念活动的一部分，南加州大学犹太大屠杀基金会于国家公祭日当天在侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆揭幕首个汉语普通话“证言新维度”交互式幸存者证言。   这是 “证言新维度”项目在美国以外的首次永久性展示，以南京大屠杀幸存者夏淑琴老人为主角。她是本项目迄今为止唯一一位非纳粹犹太大屠杀幸存者的采访对象。 天府银行和天府集团为本次“证言新维度”项目的制作提供了慷慨捐赠。 本演示项目是重新布展的侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆核心展示区域的一部分。“证言新维度”运用突破性的自然语言分析软件，让观众得以与大屠杀幸存者的录制影像进行互动。通过复杂的算法，这些影像可以实时回答观众提问，让观众可以与幸存者进行身临其境的交流。

We at USC Shoah Foundation are saddened to hear of the passing of our beloved friend, Holocaust survivor and renowned artist Alice Lok Cahana, who passed away on November 28 at age 88. Through her internationally acclaimed artwork, writings, and public speaking, Alice put forth a message to the world that both memorialized those who perished during the Holocaust and celebrated the strength of the human spirit.

We are sad to learn of the passing of Kurt Messerschmidt, Holocaust survivor, educator and beloved cantor. He was 102. Messerschmidt was born Jan. 2, 1915 in Weneuchen, Germany, but moved to Berlin in 1918 and excelled as a linguistics scholar, gymnast and musician. He was well-respected and a leader among his classmates and teachers, but was unable to attend college because of anti-Jewish measures implemented by the Nazis.

USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Curt Lowens, a wartime hero who became a well-known character actor when he moved to the United States. He was 91. Born Curt Lowenstein on Nov. 17, 1925 in Germany, Lowen and his family had planned to emigrate to the United States as World War II was starting, but they were stopped from leaving the Netherlands when the Germans invaded that country. He was briefly deported to the Westerbork concentration camp in 1943, but he was released because of his father’s business connections.

Sedda Antekelian develops educational content, programming and community partnerships utilizing Armenian Genocide testimony collections. Sedda received her B.A. in History and Humanities from Loyola Marymount University, Master of Arts in Teaching from UC Irvine, and holds a Single-Subject teaching credential in Social-Science and Art History. Sedda has well-rounded experience working within diverse educational spheres, including the traditional classroom, museum education, online curriculum development and project-based learning.

Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 2017 – USC Shoah Foundation is announcing the release of Lala, a virtual reality film and educational resource that tells the true story of a dog that brightened the lives of a family interned by the Nazis in a ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.