Leo Abrami describes the atmosphere right before the Nazis invaded Paris in 1940. He also recalls an anti-Semitic experience as a child at summer camp before the Nazi occupation.
clip, male, jewish survivor, occupation of Paris, military invasion Leo Abrami, antiSemitism / Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Margarete Weil recalls when her entire family was deported from Hamburg Germany to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia in 1941.
clip, female, jewish survivor, deporation, Margarete Weil, Theresienstadt / Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Rose Toren’s father told her to leave the family to go hide with a friend from school in Nazi occupied Poland. Rose recalls the night she fled to her friend’s house and evaded beatings by the Gestapo.  
clip, female, jewish survivor, rose toren, poland, hiding, aid providing, family / Wednesday, June 17, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation will staff a table at this year’s World Refugee Day in Los Angeles. The event will be held Thursday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Plummer Park in West Hollywood.
refugee, World Refugee Day / Thursday, June 18, 2015
International Training Consultant Andrea Szönyi gave a presentation in Subotica, Serbia, as part of a conference hosted by the Hungarian Consulate in honor of the anniversary of the deportation of the Jews of Subotica during the Holocaust.
hungary, serbia, Andrea Szőnyi / Friday, June 19, 2015
Szőnyi Andrea, a USC Soá Alapítvány nemzetközi oktatási főtanácsadója a szabadkai Városházán tartott előadást 2015. június 16-án, a Magyarország Szabadkai Főkonzulátusa által a szabadkai zsidóság deportálásának 71. évfordulója alkalmából rendezett “A múlt üzenetei – zsidó emlékek” című konferencán.
hungary, serbia, Andrea Szőnyi / Friday, June 19, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2016 International Conference: “A ‘Conflict’? Genocide and Resistance in Guatemala.”
international conference, Guatemala, cagr, wolf gruner / Monday, June 22, 2015
The USC Shoah Foundation-produced documentary will be available on all Showtime platforms; check your local listings for a complete schedule.
past is present, auschwitz, documentary, Schindler's List / Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Drawing on 25 years of experience investigating human rights violations and genocide in Guatemala, Dr. Sanford will discuss the theory and practice of forensic exhumations, victim identification, archival and testimonial research, and their interplay in legal processes and community desires for justice. She will explore the ways in which science, law, and justice complement and collide with one another as investigations move forward from the field to legal courts and the court of public opinion.
/ Tuesday, June 23, 2015
With the 2015 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Detroit less than three months away, USC Shoah Foundation is busy leading educational programs and outreach in Michigan.
detroit, michigan, Stephen Smith. mickey shapiro, gala, ambassadors for humanity, ford / Wednesday, June 24, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation ITS staff will join thousands of librarians and archivists at the 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Conference & Exhibition this weekend in San Francisco.
ala, its, doug ballman, visual history archive, conference / Thursday, June 25, 2015
International training consultant Martin Šmok will talk about IWalks with Andrea Petö, former USC Shoah Foundation Teaching Fellow, at the "My Hero, Your Enemy" international conference in Czech Republic.
/ Friday, June 26, 2015
Leslie Wilson was a producer on “One Day in Auschwitz.”
/ Sunday, June 28, 2015
Film composer James Horner died when his single-engine plane crashed near Santa Barbara on June 22. Earlier this year, the Academy Award-winner worked with USC Shoah Foundation on a movie about a Holocaust survivor. These are the recollections of producer Leslie Wilson.
One Day in Auschwitz, James Horner, op-eds / Sunday, June 28, 2015
pressroom / Monday, June 29, 2015
Attendees can learn about IWitness on the expo floor at the Extreme Networks booth through Wednesday.
iste, iwitness, conference / Monday, June 29, 2015
Scholars and educators in Michigan have a unique opportunity to spend five days studying and exploring the Visual History Archive, guided by USC Shoah Foundation staff, experts and genocide survivors themselves.
iwitness, workshop, michigan, doug ballman / Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Herbert Holden describes Nicholas Winton's lifesaving efforts to bring 669 Czech children to Britain during the Holocaust, and how he called up a television program to reveal himself as one of the children Winton saved.
clip, Nicholas Winton, herbert holden / Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Nicholas Winton / Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Alice Masters recalls meeting Sir Nicholas for the first time in London at the 50th reunion of the Kindertransport children.
clip, Nicholas Winton, kindertransport, jewish survivor / Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Susanne Pearson speaks about Sir Nicholas Winton's difficulties in transporting Jewish children to Britain before the war broke out.
kindertransport, Nicholas Winton, rescue, jewish survivor / Wednesday, July 1, 2015
100 Days to Inspire Respect Sir Nicholas Winton, responsible for organizing the Kindertransport that saved the lives of 669 Jewish children, passed away at the age of 106. Here is his message to the future.
Nicholas Winton, future message, clip, message to the future, rescuer, male, lcti, 100 days to inspire respect / Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The Eugene and Eva Schlesinger Endowed Teacher Workshop on the Holocaust at California State University, Long Beach, July 13-17 will include instruction on both Echoes and Reflections and IWitness.
seminar, echoes and reflections, iwitness, workshop / Monday, July 6, 2015
It’s that time of year again: four talented college students are diving into the math and technology behind the Visual History Archive as part of the annual Research in Industrial Projects (RIPS) program at the UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM).
rips, its, ucla, mathematics, visual history archive / Tuesday, July 7, 2015
As a daughter of Holocaust survivors, Doris Lazarus has dedicated her career to Holocaust education and remembrance. She has been a Docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum for six years and is also a speaker on the Museum's Speaker's Bureau. Additionally, Doris was actively involved with the creation of the U.S. Holocaust Museum as well as the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. From 1994-1998 Doris interviewed Holocaust survivors for USC Shoah Foundation and their testimonies are preserved in the Visual History Archive. 
/ Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Doris Lazarus is a docent at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the first institution to pilot New Dimensions in Testimony (NDT), a collaboration between USC Shoah Foundation and USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), in partnership with concept developer Conscience Display.
New Dimensions in Testimony, Pinchas Gutter, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, op-eds / Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Doris Lazarus is a docent at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the first institution to pilot New Dimensions in Testimony (NDT), a collaboration between USC Shoah Foundation and USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), in partnership with concept developer Conscience Display. Doris reads a letter she wrote to Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter when he visited the museum in June 2015.
/ Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Armenian Genocide survivor, Suren Aprahamian recalls the thriving Armenian community in his village just outside Van and how the city’s population swelled with Armenians trying to escape the massacres that began in 1915.
clip, Armenian Genocide, armenian survivor, suren Aprahamian, daily life, discrimination / Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Librarians from colleges, cities and prisons were among the steady stream of ALA conference attendees who visited USC Shoah Foundation's first table at the ALA Conference expo hall June 26-29.
its, ala, conference, visual history archive, doug ballman, sandra aguilar / Wednesday, July 8, 2015

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