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Lusia Haberfeld on ghetto hiding and evasion

Lusia Haberfeld recalls how her family evaded deportation by hiding in an attic within the Warsaw ghetto.  This clip from Lusia’s testimony is featured in the IWitness Activity: Chance & Choice: A survivor's story.

2014 International Conference Roundtable Spotlight: Digital Archives in Research and Public Engagement

The conference’s first roundtable discussion will bring together four panelists from all over the world who will engage in a discussion about how digital archives can be used both to engage and inform the public and also aid scholars in their research.

Phyllis Karp remembers Mr. and Mrs. Schindler

Phyllis Karp describes her encounter with Oskar Schindler after World War II. While she was not friends with Schindler personally, her husband Irwin was acquainted with him because of his working relationship with Schindler's close friend, Julius Madristch. She also describes the impact that Emilie Schindler, Oskar's wife, had on the Jewish community.

USC Shoah Foundation Preserves Its History in Institutional Audio-Visual Collection

In an effort to safeguard a narrative that began with the 1994 creation of the USC Shoah Foundation, Information Technology Services (ITS) has launched the process of digitizing the USC Shoah Foundation Institutional Audio-Visual Records.

Syrt Wolters reflects on being an aid provider

Syrt Wolters speaks admirably of the Spainers, a Jewish family he and his wife hid in their home in the Netherlands during World War II.  

Trudy Album on Holocaust Education

Trudy Album reflects on the importance of memory, tolerance and Holocaust education.

March of the Living Unites Friends

I look at the picture and realize this is why I’m working at the USC Shoah Foundation. This is what it’s all about. The photo shows two women standing in a field of green grass dotted with dandelions. The younger of the two has her arm wrapped around the other. The older woman smiles at the camera, while the other’s attention is focused only on her friend. The bond between them comes through; the love they share is unmistakable.

UNESCO Publishes Article on IWitness’s Effect on Students

USC Shoah Foundation’s education staff have published an article revealing IWitness’s profound effect on high school students around the world in an annual publication by UNESCO.

PhD Candidates Gather at USC for Researching the Holocaust Workshop

Graduate students specializing in Holocaust research will come together at the University of Southern California beginning Monday for the week-long Researching the Holocaust workshop.