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Eva Dolin was born in Salonika Greece, which had the largest Jewish population in Greece. She remembers being deported to a ghetto area outside of Salonika. Eva also recalls being separated from her parents and how her father encouraged her to escape.
clip, female, jewish survivor, eva dolin, greece, Salonika / Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Jack Robbins was a prosecutor for the United States during the Nuremberg Trials. Jack recalls how the trials were fair proceedings that led to justice and even helped advance international law.
clip, male, war crimes trial participant, jack robbins, Nuremberg Trials / Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Buchenwald camp liberator Leon Bass reflects on the discrimination he experienced while going to college in the United States after his military service. Leon describes how baffled and angry he felt that he was encountering the same type of prejudice and threat of civil liberties that he fought against during WWII. This testimony clip is featured in the new IWitness Activity, Fighting in the Face of Racism.
clip, leon bass, male, liberator, racism, IWitness activity / Thursday, February 20, 2014
afh2010, gala, speech / Friday, February 21, 2014
afh2010, speech, gala / Friday, February 21, 2014
Iako Behar and his family emigrated from Bulgaria to Mexico after the war. Iako discusses in Spanish the cultural differences between the two countries but also reflects on how welcoming the Mexican community was to his family.
clip, male, mexico, jewish survivor, iako behar, bulgaria, spanish / Friday, February 21, 2014
afh2010, gala, speech / Friday, February 21, 2014
afh2011, gala, speech / Friday, February 21, 2014
afh2011, speech, gala / Friday, February 21, 2014
afh2011, gala, speech / Friday, February 21, 2014
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.
clip, female, alice sommer, terezin, music / Monday, February 24, 2014
View “The USC Shoah Foundation Story,” a video about the Institute's history and its current mission at the University of Southern California.
shoah, promo / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Made possible by the generous support of the Epstein Family Foundation.
/ Friday, November 8, 2024
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.
clip, female, alice sommer, musical performance, piano / Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Joel Abarbanel recalls being able to listen to radio broadcasts from England on a small radio while imprisoned in Saint-Denis-lès-Sens internment camp in France. He remembers when the camp was liberated by allied forces and hearing the ringing of the bells.
clip, male, france, jewish survivor, Joel Abarbanel / Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Ernest Uiberall remembers hearing about the burning of the German parliament (Reichstag) building on February 27 1933. Uiberall also reflects on how the Austrian newspapers reported on the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party.
clip, male, jewish surivor, reichstag fire, ernest uiberall / Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Solly Border speaks of the tragedy of the ship “Struma”, which sailed on December 12, 1941, from Constanta, Romania, en route to British Mandate Palestine. The Struma was torpedoed and it sank off the coast of Sile, Turkey, on February 24, 1942. He relates that his parents lived with feelings of guilt for the rest of their lives for having helped three of his cousins purchase tickets for the journey. The cousins perished on board the Struma Ship.
clip, male, jewish survivor, struma, solly border / Thursday, February 27, 2014
Frieda Aaron reflects on the underground education she received in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland.
clip, female, jewish survivor, frieda aaron, education, ghetto / Friday, February 28, 2014