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How I learned not to underestimate young students

A friend asked me whether I could help her with something. She knew I work with testimonies of Holocaust survivors in education and thought I could help her. We met over a coffee in a hipster place. There, she told me that her son suddenly started talking about Hitler. He talked about him all the time. Hitler and Nazis became a permanent conversation topic at their home, and she did not know what to do.

“But he is too young for what I do,” I heard myself saying.

Visual History Archive Update Includes Guest Login and New Testimonies

The Visual History Archive version 6.7.3.1 was released today, adding a new feature for users and testimonies from two new experience groups.

Back to School with IWitness 2017: IWitness Student Leaders

IWitness launched a new portal, Student Leaders, in June, dedicated to providing student leaders with testimony-based resources to help foster inclusivity and acceptance on college campuses.

Inaugural “Teach for Ukraine” Training Program Includes IWitness Workshop

Teach for Ukraine – a two-year teaching program similar to Teach for America – began training its first cohort last week, and part of that training included a workshop on IWitness and constructivist learning theory.

Deborah Lipstadt to Speak at USC Shoah Foundation Community Event in Aspen

An Evening of Conversation with Special Guest Deborah Lipstadt

Acclaimed writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt will be a special guest at an evening of conversation with USC Shoah Foundation at Aspen Jewish Community Center Wednesday, August 9 at 5 p.m. The program is complimentary and open to the public.

Lipstadt will open the evening with remarks about Holocaust denial and its role in global antisemitism.

Lectures and Conferences at Center for Advanced Genocide Research This Fall

With the start of the fall semester just a month away, start marking your calendar for USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s exciting schedule of lectures, academic conference and other events.

Holocaust Educator Network Seminars Across America Feature IWitness

​IWitness was a featured component of three training sessions hosted by the Holocaust Educators Network (HEN) this month.

Education in Hagibor, Prague

Holcoaust survivors describe how education continued among the Jews of Hagibor right up until the deportations began.

Back to School with IWitness 2018: Updates to Video Editor WeVideo

IWitness users will notice some new features in the latest update of WeVideo. Students and teachers will enjoy new motion titles, premium music, and more advanced features like the ability to add transitions on all tracks, one of the most asked-for features from users.