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Survivors and Soldiers: Revolutionary Technology Preserves Living Testimony of Soviet Jewish Experience of Holocaust and WWII

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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The result is a first-hand survivor's account that will remain, even after the last living survivors are gone, able to bear witness to history for future generations.

Key Points: 
  • The result is a first-hand survivor's account that will remain, even after the last living survivors are gone, able to bear witness to history for future generations.
  • "For me, as a son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, this unique project holds an immense personal importance," said Mikhail Fridman , co-founder of GPG .
  • This effort was initiated by GPG, which is committed to ensuring that Jewish culture, heritage and values are preserved in Russian-speaking Jewish communities worldwide.
  • Dimensions in Testimony is an initiative by USC Shoah Foundation to record and display testimony in a way that will preserve the dialogue between Holocaust survivors and learners far into the future.

Hungarian Researchers Gain Access to Powerful Genocide Testimonies

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
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They reside in the Institute's Visual History Archive , a fully searchable portal of testimonies that detail first-hand experiences with genocide.

Key Points: 
  • They reside in the Institute's Visual History Archive , a fully searchable portal of testimonies that detail first-hand experiences with genocide.
  • 40 Hungarian academic and public libraries who are members of the EISZ consortium can now make this content available to their users.
  • "Having access to these primary sources will ensure that these stories will never be forgotten."
  • "The Visual History Archive is an incredible tool for students and researchers," said USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith.

USC Shoah Foundation and Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University to Provide Access to Each Other's Collections

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Under the agreement, Yale University is now one of 95 access sites worldwide where the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive is available.

Key Points: 
  • Under the agreement, Yale University is now one of 95 access sites worldwide where the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive is available.
  • Yale University is the only institution in Connecticut where the interviews of the USC Shoah Foundation's Archive are accessible in their entirety.
  • In addition to interviews conducted at Yale, 37 affiliate projects produced survivor testimonies for the Archive, working in over a dozen countries.
  • Exchanging collection access allows the Fortunoff Archive and USC Shoah Foundation to improve our ability to assist the students, scholars and families that rely on us to make these important collections available."