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Winter 2009 PastForward autumn 2007 PastForward THE NEWSLETTER OF THE USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE

In Perpetuity: Institute Begins Massive Effort to Preserve the Testimonies

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Board of Councilors Steven Spielberg Honorary Chair Edgar M. Bronfman Honorary Co-chair Renée Crown Honorary Co-chair Lew Wasserman Honorary Co-chair in Memoriam Wallis Annenberg Russel Bernard Gerald Breslauer Jerome Coben Stephen Cozen Susan Crown David Eisman Phyllis Epstein Emanuel Gerard Andrea Gordon Douglas Greenberg Eric Greenberg Yossie Hollander Robert Katz PastForward William Lauder Lee Liberman winter 2oo9 Skip Paul Bruce Ramer Harry Robinson Welcome Access to the Testimonies Michael Rutman 1 2009 and Beyond 7 Access Across the World Mickey Shapiro Erna Viterbi Scholarship Scholarship Casey Wasserman 2 Testimony Offers 7 Testimony Enhances a Harold Williams New Possibilities for Range of Written Works Founding Executive Directors University Courses Giving June Beallor 3 Visiting Scholars James Moll 8 Ambassador for Humanity: Explore the Archive Kirk Douglas Founding Advisory Committee Education 1o Donor Highlight: Marta Karen Kushell Branko Lustig 4 The Legacy: New Resource Kauffman and Michael Skloff Gerald R. Molen for Austrian Educators Keeping Memory Alive: Executive Staff New Content Ken and Wendy Ruby Kim Simon 5 Rwandan Testimony Project Marcia Dunn and Jonathan Interim Executive Director, Enters Planning Phase Sobel Establish New Fund Director of Programs Sam Gustman, Preservation 11 Extraordinary Leadership: Erna and Andrew Viterbi Chief Technology Officer 6 In Perpetuity: Institute Karen Jungblut, Begins Massive Effort to How You Can Make a Director of Research Preserve the Testimonies Difference and Documentation 12 Partners in History and Steven Klappholz, the Future Executive Director of Development

On the Cover: 235,000 Beta SP tapes Ari Zev containing nearly 52,000 testimonies of Director of Administration Holocaust survivors and other witnesses will be copied in an advanced digital format to ensure both preservation and USC access in perpetuity. See story on page 6. SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE

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plan, and profoundly refined ties being created through sup- the methodology for cataloging port from numerous donors, and indexing the testimonies. including a generous endow- We are very grateful for Doug’s ment from the Viterbi Family passionate commitment to the Foundation of the Jewish Com- organization, which led to so munity Foundation, which will many accomplishments and— make it possible for the Insti- 2oo9 and Beyond most importantly—led us to tute to reach students, educa- become part of the University tors, scholars, researchers, and of Southern California. Working the general public through an with board members, donors, enhanced website. You will learn volunteers, and staff, Doug about an effort funded by the helped to lay the groundwork USC Office of the Provost to that is enabling the Institute preserve the testimonies in a his year, as a result to begin its next stage of digital format that will ensure of the completion activity. their preservation and facilitate t of a new strategic Thanks to advancements in access, as well as about the plan, the Institute telecommunications, the rapid release of the first testimony- has begun putting into action a evolution of digital video tech- based resource for educators series of global initiatives. They nology, and our full integration in Austria. These pages will will give us greater lever- into a leading university, there also shed light on the progress age to advance scholarship has never been greater opportu- IBUKA, our partner in Rwanda, and research, support tes- nity to share the testimonies has made as the Rwandan testi- timony-based education, broaden access to the "Thanks to advancements in telecommunication, archive, preserve the the rapid evolution of digital video technology, testimonies, and acquire and our full integration into a leading university, new archival content. At the same time that we there has never been greater opportunity to have refocused our work share the testimonies with the world.” around these initiatives, — Kim Simon we have bid farewell to our Executive Director, with the world, and the Insti- mony project enters the plan- Douglas Greenberg, who tute is taking advantage of this ning phase. has become Executive Dean of opportunity through the global The name PastForward the School of Arts and Sciences initiatives now being imple- implies a recognition and under- at Rutgers University, his alma mented. Though they will standing of the importance of mater. transform the way we pursue the testimonies of Holocaust The Institute’s work will our mission, the initiatives are survivors and other witnesses in always bear the stamp of Doug’s a continuation of nearly 15 recording the past and sharing leadership. When he began his years of work; what began in critical messages for the future. tenure eight years ago as Pres- 1994 as Steven Spielberg’s It also implies a continuum ident and Chief Executive vision—an effort to change of activity that began with the Officer of the Shoah Founda- the world through the preser- establishment of the Shoah tion, his vision extended far vation and educational use of Foundation and is being beyond its double-wide trailers Holocaust survivors’ and other carried on by the USC Shoah on the back lot at Universal witnesses’ memories—will Foundation Institute. Thank Studios. Under his guidance, continue in 2009 and beyond. you for your continued support. the Foundation adopted a new The following pages offer mission and a practical education insight into some of the ways Kim Simon the Institute’s global initiatives Interim Executive Director are being put into practice. You will read about new opportuni-

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This fall, Schwartz taught a issues and historical events” course called “Street Life: described in Dora Bruder, Urban Culture in Modern French novelist Patrick Europe,” which included a Modiano’s memoir of a 15- new unit featuring testimony year-old Jewish girl who was describing urban life under deported from France to occupation. Schwartz is now Auschwitz in 1942. “In cases Testimony Offers using the archive to prepare for where people, places, and an upcoming course on the his- events mentioned in the book New Possibilities for tory of modern France, which were also mentioned in testimo- will use testimony to explore ny,” Keaveny explained, “the University Courses testimony was used to continue the work of the book by further excavating forgotten or neglected histories.” Students also used testimony to enhance presenta- tions about aspects of life under German occupation. “The testimonies hold so much unexpected information,” he said. “For example, one survivor, who was remembering internment in a Paris camp, ended up talking about young love, which is something (Clockwise from above) any student Dr. Macarena Gómez-Barris, his fall, students can relate to.” Associate Professor of Sociology; at USC were intro- Associate Dr. Vanessa Schwartz, Professor of History; Dr. Colin Keaveny, t duced to testimony Professor of Lecturer, Department of French from the Institute’s Sociology and Italian. archive in an academic course Dr. Macarena on urban life in Europe, in a events such as the Rafle du Gómez-Barris used testimony as course that explored a French Vélodrome d’Hiver, a 1942 raid part of a graduate course called memoir about a Jewish girl involving French authorities, “Sociology of Memory.” The deported to Auschwitz during which was orchestrated to course, which was designed to World War II, and in a course reduce the Jewish population give students “theoretical, con- on the sociology of memory. of Paris. ceptual, and analytical skills in “The archive is rich with In the department of French memory studies,” gave particu- testimony about many things, and Italian, lecturer Dr. Colin lar focus to how society deals not just life in the concentration Keaveny teaches an introduc- with long-term effects and camps,” said Dr. Vanessa tion to French literature course. traces of genocide, state-spon- Schwartz, Professor of History. This fall, he used testimony to sored terror, and other forms “illustrate, amplify, and frame

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of violence. This fall, Gómez- Holocaust testimony. “It is one can truly contemplate its Barris are just three of the 80 Barris expanded the course to through visual and archival effects,” she said. university courses that have include a segment in which stu- witness of the enormity of such The courses taught by been enhanced by testimony dents worked directly with events as the Holocaust that Schwartz, Keaveny, and Gómez- from the archive.

SCHOLARSHIP helped put things in perspec- Andree Michaelis is a doc- tive in very human terms.” toral student in the Friedrich Visiting Scholars Speaking about the theme of Schlegel School of Literary rescue during his presentation, Studies at Freie Universität Explore the Archive Spinney said, “Corrie ten Boom Berlin. He visited the Institute was the first Dutch woman to to conduct research on how be licensed as a watchmaker survivors use the interview as in the Netherlands…but she is a discursive space to recount r. Jacek Leociak, ing in the use of its digital by far more remembered for their life histories. “I wanted Assistant Professor library software, access to the her efforts to help rescue and to watch testimony through d in the Institute of archive, and an opportunity to aid the survival of Jews fleeing the eyes of a literary scholar, Literary Research present their findings to audi- the Nazi regime. Rescue and regarding the interviewees as at the Polish Academy of ences at USC. survival are themes of great authors,” he said. “There is a Sciences, and co-founder of In addition to Leociak, two importance... [And] I want to need—‘obligation’ might be the Polish Center for Holocaust other Corrie ten Boom Research further cast our search for the the right word—to work with Studies, is writing a book on Award recipients, Russell Spinney stories of rescue and survival the archive.” the rescue of Jews in Poland and Andree Michaelis, visited back before the Nazi seizure To view video of recent pre- during World War II. In August, the Institute in recent months. of power in 1933.” sentations and interviews with he visited the Institute to con- Corrie ten Boom Research duct research in the archive. “I uncovered stories of how people survived; Award recipients, visit www. “Though I have studied stories of fear, perseverance, persecution; stories college.usc.edu/ vhi/ news/ written sources for many years, of rescue; stories of revenge. The hundreds of corrietenboom_interviews. I was never able to work with To learn how you can audiovisual accounts of rescue trajectories of individual lives helped put things support this effort, visit www. before coming to the Institute,” in perspective in very human terms.” college.usc.edu/vhi/donate. Leociak said. “The archive has — Russell Spinney made a significant contribution to my research.” Spinney, a doctoral student in Leociak is one of eleven Pennsylvania State University’s doctoral candidates and senior history department, used the scholars who visited the Insti- archive to support his disserta- tute between 2007 and 2008 tion on the German communi- as recipients of the Corrie ties of Nuremberg, Erfurt, and ten Boom Research Award. Magdeburg in the aftermath of Established in memory of the World War I. “The testimonies renowned Dutch rescuer of provided rich detail about how Jews during World War II and these communities were chang- made possible through gener- ing and how people responded ous funding by the Ahmanson to those changes,” Spinney Charitable Community Trust, explained. “I uncovered stories the awards enabled scholars of how people survived; stories to visit the Institute for one of fear, perseverance, persecu- to two months. While at the tion; stories of rescue; stories of Institute, they received train- revenge. The hundreds of tra- Russell Spinney, a doctoral student from Penn State University, shows jectories of individual lives audience members the geographic locations of the communities he studied using testimony from the archive.

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Affairs and Department for Camps; Mass Murder; and Political Education). Life in Austria after 1945. Dr. Markus Barnay, who “We wanted The Legacy to co-managed the development be able to do more than help of The Legacy, said, “As time educators teach history,” Dreier passes, it will become increas- said. “We wanted to craft a ingly difficult for students to resource that will engage stu- The Legacy: New Resource conceive of the Holocaust as dents on a deep emotional more than a vague historical level, as well as intellectually, for Austrian Educators event with little bearing on and we think we have accom- their everyday lives. But plished this in The Legacy; but it through their testimonies, the would not have been possible survivors whose stories are without the contribution of the featured in The survivors whose testimonies Legacy will help bring the past to life.” students grasp The Legacy’s teaching modules the reality of the include ready-to-use classroom Holocaust as a activities, and separate versions

“The survivors whose stories are featured in The Legacy will help students grasp the reality of the Holocaust as a consequence of intolerance, and this understanding may help them make right decisions when faced with moral dilemmas.” — Dr. Markus Barnay

of each module are provided for teachers of students ages 10–14 (junior grade) and stu- From left: Barbara Prammer, dents ages 15–18 (senior grade). President of the Austrian National n May, Barbara Prammer, “The Legacy’s use of testimony Council, and survivors Dr. Helga President of the Austrian as a core primary source brings Feldner-Busztin, Sophie Haber, and Elisabeth Scheiderbauer. iNational Council, and innovation and the potential to Claudia Schmied, Federal enrich traditional teaching and Minister for Education, Arts learning in the classroom,” said and Culture, hosted an event at Kim Simon, Institute Interim the Abgeordnetensprechzimmer consequence of intolerance, Executive Director. “When (the parlor of the Austrian par- and this understanding may combined with other primary liament) to mark the release of help them make right decisions sources, as well as information Das Vermächtnis (The Legacy). when faced with moral and mediation, a proper context Developed by erinnern.at, dilemmas.” emerges, and the opportunity The Legacy is the first Austrian The Legacy is a two-DVD mul- for learning—and for connect- educational resource based on timedia resource that centers on ing to the value of what has testimony from the archive. 91 video clips from the testi- been said and seen—increases.” Erinnern.at, founded and monies of 13 Holocaust sur- directed by Dr. Werner Dreier vivors. Their memories enhance To learn how you can support and Mag. Peter Niedermair, is a eight teaching modules that the Institute’s international educational outreach, visit teacher-education organization cover topics related to the histo- www.college.usc.edu/vhi/donate. of the Austrian Federal Ministry ry of the Holocaust in Austria. for Education, Arts and Culture Topics include Childhood and (Department for Bilateral Youth before 1938; Flight and Expulsion; Concentration

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Director of Research and Kamuronsi and Freddy Documentation, said after visit- Mutanguha to adapt the PIQ ing Rwanda in May. She cited from a version developed by the such milestones as the alloca- Institute for use with Holocaust tion and preparation of a build- survivors and other witnesses. ing where future interviews She also joined Simburudali and may take place, as well as the Ngarambe for a meeting with Rwandan Testimony Project completion of pilot interviews Joseph Habineza, Minister of with survivors. Sports and Culture, who Enters Planning Phase The first interview occurred expressed his support—and that at Nyanza-Kicukiro, a hill out- of the Rwandan government— side Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. after being briefed on the While videographer Christian Institute and its partnership Gakombe ran his camera, with IBUKA. he vision of the Emmanuel Gatali stood on the “The enthusiasm with which Shoah Foundation very site of the massacre he our colleagues in Rwanda have “t [Institute] is very survived and described what undertaken this project reveals similar to the vision he witnessed there to inter- how important it is to them that of IBUKA, with respect to the viewer Emmanuel Gasana. survivors be given a chance to victims, respect of the memo- Later that day, IBUKA inter- share their stories with the world,” ry,” said François Ngarambe of viewed a second survivor, Jungblut said. “The Institute is IBUKA, the umbrella organiza- Evelyn Bankundiye, and the grateful for the opportunity to tion representing survivors of following day, survivor Venuste assist IBUKA, as it endeavors to the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi geno- Karasira gave his testimony. preserve memories of the cide. “I am committed to fight “We plan to collect testimony Rwandan Tutsi genocide.” so that genocide never happens from thousands of survivors, IBUKA and the Institute again, and my weapon is to pre- so interviews like these are an are now raising funds to be serve memory.” important step in understand- able to begin a pilot project. Ngarambe is heading a joint ing what is needed for a pilot Once IBUKA has collected the project of the Institute and phase of testimony collection,” Rwandan testimonies, they will IBUKA, which aims to collect said Theodore Simburudali, become part of the Institute’s testimony from Rwandan sur- IBUKA President. Visual History Archive. “From Emmanuel Gatali (second from right), a survivor from Rwamagana vivors. “IBUKA has made real in Kibungo Province, gives the first progress since partnering with “I am committed to fight so that genocide interview of the GTR IBUKA project the Institute last November,” never happens again, and my weapon is at Nyanza-Kicukiro, the site of the Karen Jungblut, Institute massacre he survived. to preserve memory.” — François Ngarambe

The project team this testimony, the children of completed another Rwanda…will understand exact- important step when ly what happened to their fami- it drafted the pre- lies, their parents, their sisters interview question- and their brothers,” Mutanguha naire (PIQ) survivors said, “and not [only] the chil- will complete before dren of Rwanda but also the giving testimony. children of the world.” “Interviewers will be To view video interviews able to think of specif- in which Rwandan colleagues ic questions to ask discuss the project and recall based on survivors’ their memories of the 1994 responses to the PIQ,” genocide, visit www.college. explained Jungblut, usc.edu/vhi/ pr/Rwanda. who worked with colleagues Yves

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before.’ But from every story, “But all tape deteriorates you learn a little bit.” over time, and these master To make certain that there copies will eventually become will be future opportunities to unusable, which is why the learn from these stories, the Institute must act now to Institute, with funding from prevent the loss of the testi- the USC Office of the Provost, monies.” In Perpetuity: Institute began a massive, multiyear ini- Over the next several years, tiative to copy all of the nearly the Institute will store the tes- Begins Massive Effort to 52,000 testimonies in its timonies in a format called archive in an advanced digital Motion JPEG (MJPEG) 2000. Preserve the Testimonies format, which will ensure their “This is becoming the format preservation and help to make of choice used to store moving images,” Gustman said, “and the Institute is one of the largest early adopters of this technology.” In May, the first 15,000 of a total of 235,000 videotapes

“All tape deteriorates over time, and these master copies will eventually become unusable, which is why the Institute must act now to prevent the loss of the testimonies.” — Sam Gustman

From left: Sam Gustman, Institute Chief Technology Officer, and his is in perpetu- USC students Ribhu Shekhar and ity,” Holocaust Badrish Patil help transport “ survivor Isaac videotapes that hold master t recordings of interviews with Goodfriend said Holocaust survivors and other when he shared his testimony witnesses. The testimonies are with the Shoah Foundation in stored on 235,000 videotapes, all of which will be duplicated as 1996. “This is something that digital files identical in quality to will be perpetuated in the the original recordings. libraries of the world, and there will be an exchange; them accessible to a worldwide made a cross-country journey because every survivor has a audience. from a vault in the eastern story to tell. And it is not repe- “The testimonies were origi- United States to the Institute. titious. Some people think, nally recorded to videotape,” Upon arrival, two MJPEG ‘Well, I have heard this story said Sam Gustman, Institute 2000 copies of each testimony Chief Technology Officer.

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are created. In addition to the internet, as well as pledged to preserve and pro- SCHOLARSHIP these replicas—which are Windows Media Player files vide access to the testimonies, stored on servers at a USC data and QuickTime files. and this initiative serves both Testimony Enhances a center—copies of each testi- The preservation project purposes,” Gustman said. Range of Written Works mony are generated in various will also pave the way for the For more information about Authors have used the testimonies in formats suited for playback on archive to be stored on servers the project, including quick the archive as source material for all types of commercial video at multiple research institu- facts, a Podcast, and a radio written works on a wide variety of players. These formats include tions, which will enable more interview with Sam Gustman, subjects. Some of the many publica- downloadable MPEGs, Flash people to access the archive visit www.college.usc.edu/vhi/ tions are highlighted below. files that can be streamed over than ever before. “USC has preservation. Kerry Bluglass Hidden from the Holocaust: Stories of Resilient Children Who Survived and Thrived (2003) Christopher Browning ACCESS TO THE TESTIMONIES • Monash University Collected Memories: Holocaust History and Postwar Testimony (2003) in Melbourne, Australia Access Across the World • North Carolina State Beth B. Cohen University in Raleigh, Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America (2007) North Carolina • Rice University Svetlana Danilova in Houston, Texas Exodus of the Mountain Jews: Destruction of the Harmony of the • Syracuse University Worlds (2000) in Syracuse, New York Paula J. Draper • University of California, San Canadian Holocaust Survivors: From Diego in San Diego, California Liberation to Rebirth (1996–1997) • University of Michigan Jonathan Friedman in Ann Arbor, Michigan Speaking the Unspeakable: Essays on • University of Minnesota Sexuality, Gender and Holocaust in Minneapolis, Minnesota Survivor Memory (2003) • University of North David Guttmann and Zev Harel Carolina at Chapel Hill, Holocaust Survivors and the State of in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Israel (2008) • University of South Florida Kenneth I. Helphand in Tampa, Florida Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in • University of Southern Wartime (2006) California in Los Angeles, Jeff Hill California Primary Source Series: The Holocaust Collections of testimony are All of the nearly 52,000 testi- • United States Holocaust (2006) publicly accessible at more than monies in the archive are avail- Memorial Museum Sheila Isenberg 100 locations in 23 countries. able at the following 17 in Washington, D.C. A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Recently, collections were estab- institutions in Australia, • Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Varian Fry (2001) lished at the following sites: Germany, Israel, and the United Israel Peter W. Klein and Justus van de • Center for the Activation States: The Institute continues to con- Kamp of the Young in Krakow, • Brown University nect new institutions to the Het Philips-Kommando in Kamp Vught (2003) Poland in Providence, Rhode Island archive. For an interactive map • Facing History and • Columbia University of sites that offer access to all Ladislaus Löb Ourselves in Brookline, in New York, New York the testimonies and sites that Dealing with Satan: Rezso Kasztner's Daring Rescue Mission (2008) Massachusetts • Duke University offer access to testimony collec- • KZ-Gedenkstätteninitiative in Durham, North Carolina tions, visit www.college.usc. Ilana Rosen In Auschwitz We Blew the Shofar: Leonberg e.V. in Leonberg, • Florida Atlantic University edu/vhi/testimoniesaroundthe- Carpatho-Russian Jews Remember Germany in Boca Raton, Florida world. To find out how to sup- the Holocaust (2004) • Les "Oublié(e)s" de la • Freie Universität Berlin port access to the testimonies, Therkel Straede Mémoire in Livry Gargan, in Berlin, Germany visit www.college.usc.edu/vhi/ The Volkswagen Jews: Jewish Slave France donate. Labour in Nazi Germany Armaments Industry (1998–1999)

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Ambassador for Humanity: Kirk Douglas

n October, the USC Shoah Foundation i Institute and Steven Spielberg honored leg- endary actor and humanitarian Kirk Douglas with the Ambassadors for Humanity Award at its annual gala event. Douglas was honored for a life- time of humanitarian service, social activism, and philanthropy that has touched lives throughout the world. More than 500 guests attend- ed the gala event, which was hosted by Billy Crystal and featured a special performance by Bette Midler.

To view video from the 2 event, visit www.college.usc. edu/vhi/pr/AFH_October2008/ event_video.php.

1 From left: Jerry and Natalie Nankin, Anita Hirsch, Rhoda Howard, and Robert Hirsch.

2 From left: Billy Crystal, Kirk Douglas, Steven Spielberg, Wallis Annenberg, and Steven B. Sample. 3

3 From left: Cydney and Bill Osterman, Helene Galen.

4 From left: Erna Viterbi, Stephen Cozen, Kim Simon, Mickey Shapiro.

5 From left: Bobbi and Marvin Holland, Gloria Lushing.

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“Horace Mann said, ‘Be ashamed to die before making a victo- ry for humanity.’ … I am proud to be here this evening, and I want you to know 7 that I think the Shoah Foundation [Institute] has inspired all of us to become ambassadors for humanity.” —Kirk Douglas, Ambassadors for Humanity Award 6 8 honoree

6 Steven B. Sample and Bruce Ramer.

7 From left: Ronald and Judy Mack, Dawn and Steve Mack.

8 From left: Robert Katz, Howard Gillman, Mickey Shapiro, Phyllis Epstein, Erna Viterbi, Steven Spielberg, Bruce Ramer, Stephen Cozen, Kim Simon, Michael Rutman, and Yossie Hollander.

9 Steven Spielberg and Kirk Douglas.

10 Phil and Monica Rosenthal.

11 Bette Midler.

12 Tammy Chase Wright 12 9 and Michael Kent.

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said Skloff. “None of the books, “Wendy and I supported the photographs, or films that Shoah Foundation for many depict the Holocaust have ade- years,” said Ken Ruby, “and quately captured or conveyed we believe that the work the its devastating reality. But it was Institute is doing is invaluable captured in the memories of in keeping the memory of the survivors and other witnesses, Shoah alive. It was a terrible New Funds to and their memories are pre- time in the history of the world, served as testimony that can be and those who were murdered Pursue Mission shared with the world.” by the Nazis should never be “It is important to preserve the forgotten. We must never let it memories of survivors of other happen again, to Jews or any genocides as well,” Kauffman other people. We give so that in added, “which is why we were some small way we can help to Donor Highlight: so impressed to learn that the convey that message.” Marta Kauffman Institute will expand the archive, The Rubys are actively and Michael Skloff beginning first by including involved in community service “One of the greatest legacies interviews with survivors of the and philanthropy, donating we could ever hope to leave Rwandan genocide.” time and resources to a number our children is a world free from In addition to their support of organizations. Ken Ruby prejudice, intolerance, and big- of the Institute, Kauffman and is Chair of the Construction otry,” Marta Kauffman said. Skloff are active in many com- Committee of the Skirball “The educational use of the munity organizations, including Cultural Center, a member testimonies can help us achieve the Los Angeles Free Clinic, of the Hebrew Union College Michael Skloff and Marta Kauffman such a legacy by inspiring Children’s Alliance, the Martin Board of Governors, and a young people to embrace diver- Luther King, Jr. National member of the UCLA Jonsson sity, encouraging them to disre- Memorial in Washington, D.C., Comprehensive Cancer Center gard stereotypes, and teaching Planned Parenthood, Amnesty Board of Directors. them to recognize the value of International, and Rabbis for every individual.” Human Rights. Kauffman is Marcia Dunn and Kauffman and her husband, on the board of Big Sunday, Jonathan Sobel Michael Skloff, have stood with the largest annual citywide Establish New Fund the Institute for more than a community service event in Marcia Dunn and Jonathan decade. They have provided the United States, an event Sobel, longtime supporters of funding for the Ambassadors she and Skloff have supported the Institute, are helping to for Humanity events and estab- since its beginning. advance its mission by estab- Ken and Wendy Ruby lished the Marta Kauffman and “Marta and Michael are mak- lishing the Marcia Dunn and Michael Skloff Education and ing a difference in the lives of Jonathan Sobel Education and Program Fund, which has so many people,” said Steve Program Fund. enabled the Institute to reach Klappholz, Institute Executive “The testimonies in the out to educators and students Director of Development. archive have a profound effect in the United States, support “Their example is truly inspir- on students who view them,” scholarship and research, broad- ing, and the Institute is honored explained Sobel, “and their en access to the archive, and to have them as its supporters.” importance as a scholarly increase educational program- resource is inestimable. That is ming worldwide. Keeping Memory Alive: why Marcia and I believe so “When Marta and I first Ken and Wendy Ruby strongly in the importance of learned about the Institute and First with the Shoah the Institute’s work.” Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn its educational mission, we Foundation and continuing The new fund will support knew we had to get involved,” with the USC Shoah a wide range of educational and Foundation Institute, Ken and scholarly activities, including Wendy Ruby have made lasting the creation of online resources contributions by establishing education funds in their name.

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for educators in the United to teach our children lessons of made their first donation to the States and throughout the world. tolerance, understanding, and Institute in 1999. They also How You Can “Educating young people mutual respect, and providing support Columbia College, Make a Difference about the horrors of the past access to the testimonies is one Hospital for Special Surgery, the will help prepare them to deal of the best ways to encourage Parrish Museum of Art, the The USC Shoah Foundation Institute with the challenges of the the development of these values.” Whitney Museum of American counts on your support to continue future,” Dunn said. “As a socie- Long involved in their com- Art, Mount Sinai Hospital, and its important work to overcome prej- ty, we have a responsibility munities, Sobel and Dunn Park Avenue Synagogue. udice, intolerance, and bigotry.

Cash Donations: Gifts may be made by cash, check, or credit card. EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP To make an online gift, visit it becomes an online destina- tion where users everywhere www.college.usc.edu/vhi/donate. Erna and Andrew Viterbi can find practical resources that Pledges: You may wish to make a unlock the educational potential gift to the Institute that is paid over of the archive.” Erna Viterbi, a lifelong phi- several years, following a payment lanthropist and leader in com- schedule that is most convenient munity service, is a member for you. languages, a more of the Institute’s Board of user-friendly naviga- Councilors. “The testimonies Planned Gifts: Planned gifts might tion system, an must be available to counter- help you reduce or avoid income, increase in the amount mand prejudice, intolerance, gift, and inheritance taxes. Planned of testimony of and bigotry wherever they gifts include wills, charitable remain- Holocaust survivors exist,” she said, “which is der trusts, charitable lead trusts, and and other witnesses why the Institute must harness annuities. You may wish to consider the power of the internet.” “The testimonies Dr. Andrew Viterbi, a member funding a planned gift with such must be avail- of the USC Board of Trustees, assets as cash, life insurance policies, able to counter- is the inventor of the Viterbi real property, retirement plans, or Algorithm, a mathematical for- mand prejudice, marketable securities. mula that has revolutionized intolerance, and telecommunications. “Each tes- Memorial or Tribute Gifts: bigotry wherev- timony reminds us that geno- Contributions can be made to honor he Viterbi Family er they exist, which is cide is a crime perpetrated by special occasions, such as birthdays, Foundation of the why the Institute must individuals against other indi- weddings, or births, as well as to Jewish Community viduals, which implies an indi- t harness the power of memorialize a friend or family mem- Foundation has vidual call to action—every one the internet.” ber. The Institute will mail a tribute made a $2 million gift to endow of us is responsible for the well- the Institute’s website. The gift — Erna Viterbi being of others,” he said. “The card announcing the gift. will enable major enhancements Institute’s website can, and will, For more information, contact: to be made to the site and will available on the site and—once become a vehicle to spread this Steven Klappholz provide a foundation for the collected—the addition of testi- message throughout the world.” development of a new genera- mony from survivors of other In addition to providing guid- Executive Director of Development tion of online resources, which genocides and atrocities. ance and support for the Insti- USC Shoah Foundation Institute for will meet the needs of educa- “By endowing the Institute’s tute, the Viterbis support the Visual History and Education tors and students worldwide. website, Erna and Andrew USC Viterbi School of Engi- University of Southern California With support from the Viterbi are making an enduring neering and numerous other 650 W. 35th Street, Suite 114 Viterbis, the Institute will trans- contribution to its mission,” educational, research, and health Los Angeles, CA 90089-2571 form its website through contin- said Kim Simon, Institute science institutions in California, uing enhancements, such as Interim Executive Director. the U.S., and globally. Phone: (213) 740-6001 new resources in multiple “Their generous gift will drive the evolution of our website as

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The USC Shoah Foundation Institute wishes Esther & Walter Schoenfeld Epstein Family Foundation to thank the following individuals, foundations, Jane & Terry Semel Pat & Jerry Epstein Shapell-Guerin Foundation Inc. Quinn & Bryan Ezralow and corporations for their generous support: The Sheinberg Family Debbie & Leon Farahnik Showtime Networks Inc. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Gifts and Pledges: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Patricia & Stanley Silver Fieldstead & Company March 2008 through Sandy & Stephen Cozen R. Areille Ritvo-Slifka, Ph.D. Abby & Ira Friedman October 2008 Daily Variety & Mr. Allen B. Slifka Gold Family Foundation The Walt Disney Company Jonathan Sobel and Greenbaum-Strauss Foundation $50,000 + Catherine Zeta-Jones Marcia Dunn Foundation Margee & Douglas Greenberg Anonymous (1) & Michael Douglas Sony Guterman Family Foundation The Annenberg Foundation DreamWorks Studios Target The Irving Harris Foundation Ronald W. Burkle Foundation Rafael Feferman Twentieth Century Fox/ June & Ron Hersh Dr. Hila Louise Chashin-Simon Calista Flockhart FOX Broadcasting Company Dr. Daniel Hillman Foundation Inc. & Harrison Ford Universal Studios Ruth Hillman Creative Artists Agency Inc. Regan & Philip Friedmann Viacom Rachel & Norman Hoffman Douglas Foundation Galen Family Foundation Warner Bros. Entertainment Henry Hoyt Feintech Family Foundation Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Severin Wunderman Jewish Communal Fund Carmel & Eric Greenberg Andrea & Jim Gordon Family Foundation of New York Dana & Yossie Hollander Leo S. Guthman Foundation Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Jewish Community Foundation Marta Kauffman Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, of Greater Los Angeles & Michael Skloff Hasbro Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Masako Togo & Philip Kasloff Janet & John Kornreich Nita and Bob Hirsch Lande & Wolf LLP Pamela & Earl Kluft The Levy-Markus Foundation Family Foundation Selim K. Zilkha Richard J. Kravitz The Lincy Foundation Patricia Heaton & David Hunt Gail Lebovic, M.D. Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Jewish Federation of Arkansas $1,000 - $9,999 Anne Claire Lester Foundation Foundation Robert J. Katz and Marion Achtentuch The Richard and Winthrop Rockefeller Jane L. Katz Foundation Action Electric Sales Inc. Emily Levin Foundation Foundation Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Virgina & Andrew Adelson Daniel & Cindy Lichtman Monica & Philip Rosenthal Lexington Financial Ben Adler Renee & Meyer Luskin Fayez Sarofim Management LLC Vandana Agarwal, M.D. Judy & Ronald F. Mack George W. Schaeffer Foundation David Lipper Debbie Allen Dawn & Steve Mack Karen & Mickey Shapiro L’Oréal USA, Inc. Melissa Garfield Bartell Main Sail Video Productions Inc. Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy & Michael Bartell Dr. Betty Lou McMicken TNT & Frank Marshall Cecile & Fred Bartman Motion Picture Viterbi Family Fund of the Mattel Foundation & Television Fund Jewish Community Foundation Wendy & Barry Meyer Mira Becker Dr. Martin F. Mozes Sanford Weiss Morgan Stanley Vida & Robert Bleiweiss Ruth & Jerry Newman Diane and Howard Wohl Family Audra & Jeff Nathanson Gila Bronner Newman’s Own Foundation Foundation Laurie MacDonald Rebecca Susan Buffett Frederick C. Nix & Walter Parkes Foundation Cydney & Bill Osterman $10,000 - $49,999 Northern Productions Inc. Louis Colen Mary C. Parent Anonymous (2) Paramount Pictures Group Defamco L.P. Skip Paul Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Anita & Arnold Rosenstein Robert B. Desaulniers Picower Foundation Tammy & Steve Anderson Leo Rosner Foundation Stanley Diller Dr. Carmen Puliafito Herb Alpert Foundation Eva & Mickey Rutman Belinda & Andrew Donner Simon Ramo Joyce Klein & Jerry Breslauer Mrs. Lily Safra DSL Health Inc. Rancho Los Amigos Foundation Michael Bloomberg Samma Systems Inc. Jackie & Jeff Dubin Ressler/Gertz Family Foundation Bvlgari Moshe Dunie Susan and Elihu Rose California Community David Eisman Foundation Foundation Elizabethtown College Benjamin M. Rosen Foundation

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