USC Shoah Foundation and Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall have embarked on a historic effort to preserve the testimonies of the last survivors of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanjing.
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USC Shoah Foundation and Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall Collaborate To Expand Visual History Archive
Jewish Survivor
Malka Baran remembers working with children in a displaced persons' camp and notes that it was this work that helped her resume a normal life after the Holocaust.
Gender: Female
DOB: January 30, 1927
City of Birth: Warsaw (Poland)
Country of Birth: Poland
Ghettos: Czestochowa (Poland : Ghetto)
Went into hiding: No
Other experiences: displaced persons camps
Cambodian Genocide Survivor
Phansy details how she was affected by losing both her parents and children during the genocide.
Born: December 10, 1950
City of Birth: Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Country of birth: Cambodia
Cooperatives: Kandal province (Cambodia); Pursat province (Cambodia)
Liberated by: Vietnamese armed forces
Liberation location: Pursat province (Cambodia)
Survivor of Genocide in Rwanda
Emmanuel talks about the last time he saw his pregnant cousin alive.
Born: January 10, 1975
City of Birth: Rutonde (Rwamagana, Rwanda)
In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)
Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Liberation location: Nyamirambo (Kigali, Rwanda)
Survivor of Genocide in Rwanda
Venuste describes losing his daughter right before his eyes.
Born: 1953
City of Birth: Kabagali (Gitarama, Rwanda)
In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)
Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Liberation location: Nyanza (Kicukiro, Kigali, Rwanda)
Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
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Jewish Survivor
Vladka was involved in the illegal youth organization, Zukunft, which helped to clandestinely provide literature, music and education in the Warsaw ghetto. Their contributions lifted the spirits of the ghetto inhabitants and encouraged them to believe that their current situation would eventually pass.
Miriam Aviezer was just a child when she was separated from her mother and deported to Stara Gradiska concentration camp. She remembers the other children on the cattle train car ride and felt thankful that she was not alone.
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