Visual History Archive


An invaluable resource for humanity, with nearly every testimony encompassing a complete personal history of life before, during and after the subject’s firsthand experience with genocide

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Watch survivor testimonies from the October 7 Terrorist Attack


These are the firsthand testimonies of those who survived the massacre, those who risked their own lives to save others, and those whose lives were changed forever when they lost loved ones.

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Visual History Archive By the Numbers


59,702
Video Testimonies
69
Countries
44
Languages
204
Access Sites Worldwide
2 M+
Personal Names
789,671
Photographs and Images
71,181
Keywords

The Power of VHA Testimony Search


Used everyday by leading scholars in the creation of books, articles, dissertations and multi-media presentations, the Visual History Archive® is unique in its ability to advance genocide research thanks to a patented built-in search engine and carefully

Telling the Story


Our Interview Methodology

Learn about the different aspects of the interview process the Institute developed prior to recording its first testimony in 1995 and is still the foundation for current testimony capture.

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