View powerful testimony from survivors and witnesses of genocides in this curated library. To extend the learning, download the paired classroom activities geared toward middle and high school students.
Testimonies appear in alphabetical order by first name. Use the filters below to refine results by grade band, conflict, or activity topic.
Born 1919, Austria
High School ActivityBorn 1905, Turkey
High School ActivityBorn 1901, Turkey
Born 1933, Czechoslovakia
Middle School ActivityBorn 1988, Rwanda
Middle School ActivityBorn 1988, Rwanda
High School ActivityBorn 1988, Rwanda
Middle School ActivityBorn 1916, England
Middle School ActivityBorn 1893, Rwanda
Middle School ActivityBorn 1985, Rwanda
High School ActivityBorn 1930, Yugoslavia
High School ActivityBorn 1922, Germany
High School ActivityBorn 1924, Texas
Middle School ActivityBorn 1976, Burundi
Middle School ActivityBorn 1919, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1901, Turkey
Middle School ActivityBorn 1923, Germany
High School ActivityBorn 1923, China
High School ActivityBorn 1908, Turkey
Born 1905, Turkey
Born 1922, Germany
High School ActivityBorn 1921, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1922, Austria
High School ActivityBorn 1931, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1926, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1926, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1914, Germany
Middle School ActivityBorn 1918, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1933, Romania
High School ActivityBorn 1922, Hawaii
Middle School ActivityBorn 1979, Rwanda
High School ActivityBorn 1979, Rwanda
High School ActivityBorn 1920, Germany
High School ActivityBorn 1929, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1927, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1914, Germany
Middle School ActivityBorn 1962, Rwanda
High School ActivityBorn 1926, Germany
High School ActivityBorn 1925, Hungary
High School ActivityBorn 1930, Austria
High School ActivityBorn 1948, Cambodia
High School ActivityBorn 1924, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1929, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1932, California
Born 1927, Germany
Middle School ActivityBorn 1946, Netherlands
High School ActivityBorn 1946, Netherlands
High School ActivityBorn 1907, New York
High School ActivityBorn 1907, Turkey
Middle School ActivityBorn 1968, Cambodia
High School ActivityBorn 1933, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1924, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1909, England
Middle School ActivityBorn 1922, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1922, Poland
High School ActivityBorn 1928, Czechoslovakia
Middle School ActivityBorn 1918, Poland
Middle School ActivityBorn 1925, Hungary
Middle School ActivityBorn 1925, Poland
Middle School ActivityAbout The Partners
The USC Shoah Foundation preserves and amplifies the voices of the past to build a future that remembers. The Archive is home to more than 59,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, contemporary antisemitism, the Armenian Genocide, and other historical events of genocide. It is the largest such collection in the world. Established in 1994, the USC Shoah Foundation found a permanent home at the University of Southern California in 2006. With survivor testimony at the center, the USC Shoah Foundation's innovative programming, global-impact strategies, and forward-looking research initiatives help foster insights and practical solutions to preserve Holocaust memory and history, confront antisemitism and strengthen democratic values.
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