French university gets access to USC Shoah Foundation archive
Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon can draw upon thousands of testimonies on France and its citizens, including artists and activists.
California Social Welfare Archives launches fundraising campaign
The effort will establish an endowment aimed at providing a stable future for the archive housed at Doheny Library.
Spielberg joins USC leaders to announce genocide research center
Now comes the “next significant chapter” for the USC Shoah Foundation, says founder Steven Spielberg. Researchers are united by the importance of the work.
Nanjing Massacre testimonies to be archived at USC
USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education and Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall have embarked on a historic effort to preserve the testimonies of the last survivors of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.
Architects’ dilemma on memorials: Forget and heal, or confront and grieve
On the eve of 9/11, USC’s Alison Hirsch talks about the successes and potential controversies involved in creating memorial monuments to those lost to tragic events.
A survivor for the ages
Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter wants to make sure that testimony by himself and others will help prevent future crimes against humanity by making the world aware of evil and the need to combat it.
Rwandan courage conveys a message of hope
On a quiet hilltop in southern Rwanda is a panorama of captivating beauty: rolling hills, pastures, open sky and on the horizon, small farms and pastoral villages.
USC Shoah Foundation completes digital preservation of Holocaust testimonies
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has completed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to digitally preserve the video interviews of Holocaust survivors.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute launches IWitness
More than 350 New York high school students had watched parts of Holocaust survivor Roman Kent’s video testimony about living in Lodz, Poland, when the Germans invaded during World War II.
LA through the stories of African Americans
Odessa Cox’s dream of opening a junior college in an African American neighborhood led to the opening of Los Angeles Southwest College.