USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Room 106
Awards for the Institute’s annual Student Voices Film Contest will be announced. The evening will include screenings of the winning films as well as a panel discussion with honorees and the distinguished jury.
Independent filmmakers Eric Kabera and Sam Kadi will serve on the Student Voices Film Contest jury for the first time.
In this clip, Madame Chen describes the killing of her family members, and explains how she managed to escape from a Japanese soldier.
Esther Clifford discusses events of the Kristallnacht pogrom, November 9-10, 1938 and recalls the state of fear that drove her to flee her hometown of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Kurt describes what he observed in the aftermath of the Kristallnacht pogrom in Berlin, Germany, in November 1938.
Esther Gever remembers trying to protect her father from being arrested.
Gender: Female
DOB: April 14, 1930
City of birth: Vienna
Country of birth: Austria
Ghettos: No
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: Displaced Persons Camps
Fred Katz remembers his birthday coinciding with the Kristallnacht Pogrom.
Gender: Male
DOB: November 10, 1927
City of birth: Oberlauringen
Country of birth: Germany
Ghettos: No
Went into hiding: No
Other experiences: Kindertransport
Eva Abraham Podietz went to school as usual during the Kristallnacht Pogrom only to be sent right home again. On her way home, she encountered Nazi youths.
Gender: Female
DOB: May 22, 1927
City of birth: Hamburg
Country of birth: Germany
Ghettos: No
Fled Nazi Occupied Territory: Yes
Damaged videotapes in the Visual History Archive, previously thought to be unfixable, are being restored thanks to new software developed by USC Shoah Foundation technology staff.
Leon Gersten and some of his family escaped the Frystak ghetto in Poland and hid with a Polish family for almost two years. Leon remembers when police officials entered the home of the Polish family looking for Jews and he recalls how much the family sacrificed.