USC Shoah Foundation Launches New IWalk at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan

Tue, 04/22/2025 - 1:12pm

The USC Shoah Foundation has released a powerful new testimony-based walking tour (IWalk) of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, on its IWalk app ( IOS/

Oskar Schindler’s Factory Added to USC Shoah Foundation IWalk App

Wed, 09/07/2022 - 12:38pm

USC Shoah Foundation with its partner the Schindler’s Ark Foundation has added a tour of Oskar Schindler’s former factory in what is now the Czech Republic to its mobile IWalk application, enabling smartphone users to explore the site where the German businessman sheltered more than 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.

USC Shoah Foundation Launches 500th IWitness Activity with “In Lisa's Footsteps” Virtual IWalk

Wed, 08/10/2022 - 10:00am

USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 500th IWitness activity with release of In Lisa's Footsteps, a primary level IWalk based on Mona Golabek’s acclaimed The Children of Willesden Lane books.

In Lisa's Footsteps tells the story of Golabek’s mother, Lisa Jura, a young Holocaust survivor who in 1938 escaped from Vienna to London on the Kindertransport.

IWalk Mobile App Named Finalist for 2022 EdTech Awards

Wed, 05/25/2022 - 12:53pm

USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive IWalk mobile app has been named a finalist in the Cool Tool Mobile App Solution category in the 2022 EdTech Awards, the world's largest recognition program for education technology.

California Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument Added to IWalk App

Mon, 05/09/2022 - 1:25pm

USC Shoah Foundation has added a tour of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument in Montebello, California to its IWalk mobile application, making it the first Armenian Genocide site of memory to be featured on the innovative educational platform.

First Willesden Project Fellow Developing Virtual IWalks Related to Refugee Experiences

Tue, 03/29/2022 - 4:16pm

How best to fuse compelling testimony with the latest innovative technologies to produce the most effective instructional materials for students and educators around the world?

USC Shoah Foundation launches new IWalk app

Wed, 04/10/2019 - 8:50am

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After months of beta testing with educators around the globe, USC Shoah Foundation is launching the brand new IWalk app, which offers 29 IWalks in seven countries and eight languages.

Newly expanded Holocaust memorial plaza in Philadelphia features testimony via IWalk

Mon, 10/22/2018 - 12:36pm

Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz, whose testimony clip is featured in the IWalk at the plaza.

The app by USC Shoah Foundation guides visitors as they move through the plaza, providing explanations about each interpretive element, as well as personal stories by survivors, maps, photos and other multimedia.

Educators convene in Hungary and Poland for training on using genocide-survivor testimony in lessons

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 10:19am

Teachers in training at a Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century seminar.

USC Shoah Foundation’s annual Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century program is a one-year professional development initiative for educators that begins with a six-day seminar for educators.

IWalk: Memory, Testimony, and Activism

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:41pm

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In my role as part of USC Shoah Foundation’s Education Department, I have the honor of working with our team members both in the United States and around the world to create localized educational content using genocide survivor testimony. As a former classroom teacher and a lifelong believer in the importance of experiential learning, I was fortunate to take part in three IWalks in Budapest, Hungary, Prague, Czechia, and Warsaw, Poland while on a recent vacation.