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100 Days to Inspire Respect
American World War II veteran and Buchenwald liberator Leon Bass shares some of his experiences with racism after he returned home from war.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Drawing from testimonies of survivors from not only the Holocaust, but also genocides that occurred in Rwanda, China, Armenia and Guatemala, 100 Days to Inspire Respect will also include activities on xenophobia, multiple perspectives, and the “othering” of certain groups, among other themes.
/ Thursday, February 2, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Jack, who aided the war crimes prosecution of Nazi physician Karl Brandt, reflects on the origins of the Nazis' racist pseudoscience.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Thursday, February 2, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Hersch Altman, who survived the Holocaust, says that we need to learn from the past so that we can avoid repeating it. In learning about his story, he hopes that students can avoid racism and bigotry in the future and help avoid events like the Holocaust.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 3, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Elizabeth remembers the challenging decision she had to make upon arriving in the American South to aid the Civil Rights Movement.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 3, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Katsugo, a soldier in the American army during World War II, recalls his experience of visiting a Japanese relocation camp in Arkansas, United States.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 3, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Phansy details how she was affected by losing both her parents and children during the Cambodian Genocide.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Monday, February 6, 2017
2016 IWitness Video Challenge winning video "Community of Poetry," by Allison Vandal, Caroline Waters and Maya Montell.
iwvc, iwitness video challenge / Tuesday, February 7, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Simone Maria Liebster survived religious persecution as a Jehovah's Witness during WWII under the Nazi regime. She describes how she stood up for her beliefs despite intense opposition.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Tuesday, February 7, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Tom Lantos is the only Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who went on to become a US Congressman. He shares his views on values and citizen responsibility in a democracy.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Wednesday, February 8, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Elena explains how her experience being caught between two cultures inspired her to become a human rights activist.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Thursday, February 9, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Rosalina was a cooperative activist (activista cooperatista) in Guatemala. She joined women’s collectives and worked weaving textiles and raising rabbits. The women were enthusiastic about life and dedicated to economic growth.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 10, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Anthony reflects on a trip he took with Amnesty International, in which he examined the malpractices of a general in Paraguay.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 10, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Norbert remembers the day he was excluded from attending a non-Jewish German school in Berlin, Germany, shortly after Kristallnacht.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 10, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Marion describes being welcomed into an ethnically diverse American classroom.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Monday, February 13, 2017
Herschel describes sitting in his camp barracks in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the cultural actions taken by the men imprisoned with him in the death camp.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Tuesday, February 14, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Jewish Holocaust survivor Clara Isaacman explains how she and her Christian friends tried to be inclusive of each other's different holidays.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Wednesday, February 15, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Lea discusses her experiences joining the Boyle Heights community of Los Angeles when she immigrated to the United States after the Holocaust.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Thursday, February 16, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Three survivors of the Holocaust share memories about their experiences with police during the Holocaust.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 17, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Tom, both a Holocaust survivor and US Congressman, explains how his role in the community of the United States has evolved.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 17, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Jiryar describes some of his happy memories from his Armenian community before the Armenian Genocide began.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 17, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Ndamyuwera Jean Sothere advocates respect for all people, referencing his Christian faith to make his point
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Tuesday, February 21, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Niddal describes how he took action to promote respect and tolerance in Copenhagen following a 2015 prejudice-fueled terrorist attack on the city's main Jewish synagogue.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect, CATT / Tuesday, February 21, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Henrietta recalls how her parents taught her to respect all people, especially those less fortunate than she was.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Wednesday, February 22, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Carl Wilkens, head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Kigali, Rwanda, was the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide. He explains his decision to stay.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 24, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Marion remembers the moment her father taught her to treat gay people with respect.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 24, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Paul reflects on his hope that his testimony, and all of the testimonies collected by USC Shoah Foundation, can help teach respect to future generations.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Friday, February 24, 2017
100 Days to Inspire Respect
Richard explains how social Darwinism informed the genocidal practices of the Turkish regime during the Armenian Genocide.
clip, 100 days to inspire respect / Monday, February 27, 2017
In her public lecture on Feb. 9, 2017, at USC, Robert J. Katz Research Fellow Teresa Walch outlines the process by which Jews in Berlin lost their rights, access to public spaces, ability to move freely, and finally their own homes, from 1933-38. Throughout her talk, Walch refers to the testimonies in the Visual History Archive that she has discovered of Holocaust survivors who describe living through this period and its effect on them.
presentation, fellow, cagr, lecture, katz / Monday, February 27, 2017
USC Shoah Foundation has made most likely its final trip to Nanjing, China, to record testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors.
/ Tuesday, February 28, 2017