Personal stories of surviving the Holocaust unveiled at powerful art exhibition

Tue, 09/17/2019

Painter David Kassan has sat with survivors of the Holocaust for countless hours during the past five years, carefully listening to their stories of pain, grief, resilience and quiet victory.

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Hungarian Office of Educational Rights Displays Traveling Exhibition of Students’ Art Inspired By Testimony

Tue, 10/10/2017

By: Robin Migdol

Hungarian Officer for Educational Rights Dr Lajos Aáry-Tamás was so inspired by the artwork created by students for USC Shoah Foundation’s annual art project that he became the first to host a traveling exhibition of selected artworks in his own office at the Ministry of Human Capacities.

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Students Showcase Artwork Based on Testimony in Annual Hungarian Exhibition

Thu, 06/08/2017

The art is black and white and full color; impressionistic and starkly realistic; hopeful for the future and filled with sorrow for the past. And it was all inspired by testimony from the Visual History Archive.

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Artwork by Czech Students Displayed for First Time at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala

Mon, 12/19/2016

The contest is open to all secondary students, asking them to watch clips of testimony from the Visual History Archive and create artistic comic strip-style pieces inspired by the stories they heard.

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Czech students made original artwork inspired by the following testimony clips for an annual contest in Czech Republic. Several of the students' art were displayed at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Los Angeles.

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Ukrainian Students Create Art for Annual Sources of Tolerance Summer Camp

Wed, 06/22/2016

Ukrainian students once again demonstrated their artistic skill and sensitivity to testimony for this year’s “Sources of Tolerance” summer camp in Ukraine.

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Andrew Merkler on his career as playwright

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”Art, the Interpreter of the Unspeakable”: Hungarian Student Art and Literature Project Concludes with Museum Event

Thu, 05/28/2015

Over 100 students and teachers who participated in USC Shoah Foundation’s testimony-based art and writing project in Hungary this year came together last week for a closing celebration that honored the students’ achievements and showcased their thoughtful responses to testimony.

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Woman in Gold - A Connection to Testimony

Thu, 04/02/2015

By: Deanna Hendrick

You never know what you are going to discover in the Visual History Archive. Each one of the 53,000 testimonies in the Archive tells a different story of life before, during and after the individual’s experience with genocide.

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Results Are In for 16th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest

Fri, 03/13/2015

Stunning works of art, film and writing have once again been given top prizes at Chapman University and The 1939 Society’s 16th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest.

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