USC Shoah Foundation and the Big Ten Conference provide Trojan athletes with the opportunity to visit historical sites of the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement.
Descendants of survivors helped researchers identify 279 deportees and tell their stories, giving “previously faceless victims a voice,” USC Dornsife’s Wolf Gruner writes.
USC Life Trustee Steven Spielberg created the foundation three decades ago to preserve the stories of genocide survivors.
USC President Carol Folt on Monday, March 25, bestowed the prestigious University Medallion upon Holocaust survivors who have bravely shared their testimonies with USC Shoah Foundation since the foundation began 30 years ago.
USC Shoah Foundation and the Big Ten Conference sponsored the students’ visits to historical sites of the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement.
USC Dornsife history Professor Wolf Gruner has helped launch an effort — the #LastSeen Project — to recover photos of the Nazis’ mass deportations, identify victims and tell their stories.
Leaders of the two institutions note that the unique partnership is a national model.
USC Office of Religious and Spiritual Life provides many opportunities to make friendships and meaningful connections
