Pianist Alice Sommer reflects on the musical performances and Czech composers she knew in Terezín (also known as Theresienstadt camp-ghetto). Alice Sommer died February 23 2014 in England; she was 110 years old and the oldest known Holocaust survivor.
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Speaking at USC on Feb. 20, Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Undersecretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, said that sexual assault is a deliberate tactic used to demoralize not only women – its most frequent targets – but also destroy families and tear apart communities.
Outside the Box [Office] Screening
Finding Hillywood
Followed by a discussion with filmmakers Eric Kabera and Ni’coel Stark
USC School of Cinematic Arts, The Ray Stark Family Theater (SCA 108)
Screening of Keepers of Memory
Survivors’ Accounts of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Followed by a Q&A session with Eric Kabera, Director
Friday, March 7, Leavey Auditorium
Alice Herz-Sommer plays the radio broadcast recording of her performance at eight years old of two piano pieces by German composer, Robert Schumann. Alice died February 23, 2014 in England; she was 110 years old and the oldest known Holocaust survivor.
USC Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room 240.
The USC Shoah Foundation together with the USC Gould School of Law International Human Rights Clinic, USC Center for International Studies, the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, and USC Libraries, proudly presents an evening with distinguished guest Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, United Nations Undersecretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Sarah Miller remembers fleeing Nazi controlled France and crossing the border into Switzerland in 1944.
I did not sleep well last night. It was not the kind of sleeplessness brought on by jet lag, stress or workload. It is best described as a kind of numbness that leaves one physically discharged, emotionally drained and deeply troubled.
I just completed one the most sedentary days I’ve had in months, just sitting in a chair listening to one of the most intelligent, sophisticated, gentle, yet strong people I know tell me about his life.
Professors from across the University of Southern California will come together for a roundtable discussion about the effect of new technologies on humanities classrooms, organized by USC Shoah Foundation and the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
Dieses Video ist ein herunterladbarer Zusammenschnitt von mehreren Zeitzeugen-Interviews des USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archivs, welche mit jüdischen Überlebenden geführt wurden, die in der polnischen Stadt Oświęcim geboren wurden und aufgewachsen sind. Heute kennt man Oświęcim als eine Stadt, die von dem Lagerkomplex Auschwitz gezeichnet ist.