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USC Shoah Foundation Video History Archives

Access the USC Shoah Visual History Archive at Northwestern University Library

The University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute was started by Stephen Spielberg in 1994 to collect and preserve the testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust. The Visual History Archive includes 52,000 interviews with Holocaust survivors from 56 countries in 32 languages. Please see Basic Search Tips for tips on getting started searching this database.

The interviews can be viewed via streamed video inside of the Northwestern University Library. Members of the Northwestern community can access other resources and links on this website from off campus. To access these resources from off campus, Northwestern users must log into the VPN and exproxy. Members of the public are welcome to use this resource but will need to visit the Northwestern library in person to gain access. Please see access details for more information.

Support for access to the Visual History Archive is provided in part by the Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of History at Northwestern University.

Holocaust Studies Centers, Institutes and Programs

Information about Holocaust centers and programs of study at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. 

Alabama

Holocaust Education Center (Birmingham, AL)

Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (Mobile, AL)

Arizona

The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, Holocaust (HaShoah) Education, The University of Arizona

Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University

California

Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Cedars-Sinai (CA)

Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, CA)

Holocaust Education at Chapman University (Orange, CA)

Holocaust Studies at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)

Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)

USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research at University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Shoah Foundation at University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Colorado

Holocaust Awareness Institute at University of Denver (Denver, CO)

The Mazal Holocaust Collection at University of Colorado Boulder

Connecticut

Genocide Studies Program at Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Holocaust and Education Resource and Outreach Program at University of Hartford and Voices of Hope

Florida

Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (CHHRE) at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL)

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research at Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, FL)

Certificate Program in Holocaust Studies at University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Holocaust & Genocide Studies Collections at University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program at Florida International University (Miami, FL)

Holocaust Education Program at Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)

Georgia

Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University

Illinois

Consortium for the Research and Study of Holocaust and the Law (CRSHL) at Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, IL)

Holocaust Studies at Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL)

Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL)

Access to Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies is now available via the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s library (Chicago, IL)

Jewish Studies Concentration at Oakton College (Des Plaines and Skokie, IL) 

Indiana

Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN)

Iowa

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA)

Kansas

Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (Overland Park, KS)

Louisiana

The Southern Institute for Education and Research Archive, Holocaust Education (teaching and training resources), based at Tulane University from 1993-2015

Maine

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine at University of Maine at Augusta (Augusta, ME)

Maryland

Maryland Holocaust Educators Network at Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)

Massachusetts

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (Salem, MA)

Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies at Boston University (Boston, MA)

Institute for Holocaust, Genocide & Memory Studies at University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Amherst, MA)

Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University (Worcester, MA)

Michigan

Holocaust Education at Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)

Holocaust Studies Program at Albion College (Albion, MI)

Zekelman Holocaust Center (Farmington Hills, MI) 

Minnesota

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Nebraska

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University of Nebraska - Omaha 

Institute for Holocaust Education (Omaha, NE)

Nevada

Holocaust, Genocide, and Peace Studies Minor at University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)

New Hampshire

Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College (Keene, NH)

New Jersey

Antisemitism and the Holocaust at Bergen Community College (Paramus, NJ)

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Elizabeth University (Morristown, NJ)

Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education at Ocean County College (Toms River, NJ)

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at St. Peter's University (Jersey City, NJ)

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at William Paterson University (Wayne, NJ)

Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College (Mahwah, NJ)

Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study at Drew University (Madison, NJ)

Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College (Lincroft, NJ)

Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

Genocide and Holocaust Education at Middlesex College (Edison, NJ)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the College of New Jersey (Ewing Township, NJ)

Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University (Union, NJ)

Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College (Branchburg, NJ)

Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center at Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University (Galloway, NJ)

New York

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)

Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at The Graduate Center - CUNY (New York, NY)

Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, CUNY (Bayside, NY)

Holocaust Center at Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)

Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project at Monroe Community College, State University of New York (Rochester, NY)

Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY)

Holocaust Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)

Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (New York, NY)

Spector/Warren Fellowship for Future Educators (preparing future teachers with approaches for bringing Holocaust education into the classroom) at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)

North Carolina

The Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies at UNC Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)

The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)

Ohio

Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)

 

Genocide and Holocaust Education Program at Miami University (Oxford, OH)

Pennsylvania

Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg 

Holocaust Center at Seton Hill University (Greensburg, PA)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gratz College (Melrose Park, PA)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Chester University (West Chester, PA)

Holocaust Studies at Albright College (Reading, PA)

South Carolina

Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies at College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)

Tennessee

Holocaust Studies Program at Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)

Texas

Ackerman Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University of Texas-Dallas (Dallas, TX)

Vermont

The Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies at University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)

Virginia

Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

Washington

Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs at Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA)

Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes against Humanity, Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA) 

Wisconsin

Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Certification at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 

Pelz Holocaust Education and Resource Center (Milwaukee, WI)

Australia

Holocaust Studies at University of Sydney (Sydney)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Monash University (Melbourne)

Canada

Holocaust Studies at McGill University (Montreal)

MA Stream in Holocaust Studies, Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria (Victoria)

Germany

Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust at Touro College (Berlin)

Modern Judaism and Holocaust Studies at Freie Universitat (Berlin)

Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History (Munich)

Fritz Bauer Institut at Goethe University (Frankfurt)

Netherlands

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies (Amsterdam)

Poland

Studies in the Holocaust and Totalitarian Systems at Jagiellonian University (Krakow)

Sweden

Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala Universitet (Uppsala)

United Kingdon

Holocaust Studies at Manchester University (Manchester)

Center for the Cultural History of War at University of Manchester (Manchester) 

Holocaust Studies at Royal Holloway University (London)

Human Rights and Genocide Studies at Kingston University (London)

The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University of Leicester (Leicester)

Other Organizations

Links to Holocaust-focused nonprofits not affiliated with a college or university.