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USC Shoah Foundation testimonies, including that of Oct. 7, to be available in Hebrew

 
 Kibbutz Nir Oz after the massacre (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Kibbutz Nir Oz after the massacre
(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The USC archive features some 59,000 videos, which include testimonies of Holocaust survivors and that of victims of the October 7 massacre.

The USC Shoah Foundation visual history archive interface is now available in Hebrew along with testimonies of 275 Holocaust survivors who currently reside in Israel, the organization said. 

The USC archive features some 59,000 videos, which include testimonies of Holocaust survivors and that of victims of the October 7 massacre.

The project, achieved in conjunction with the National Library of Israel, began in March to grant Israelis access to such testimonies. 

Dr. Robert Williams, USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Chair, said of the project, "The translation of our archive into Hebrew marks a significant milestone in our mission to thoroughly document the history of the Holocaust, as well as contemporary antisemitism, and ensure that these crucial survivor experiences are accessible to Hebrew-speaking audiences."

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'Understanding the horrors perpetrated against Jewish people'

"As we expand access to our extensive video testimony collection, we are positioned to deepen our collective understanding of the horrors perpetrated against Jewish people, as well as their resilience throughout history and during this moment of resurgent antisemitism," he added. 

 A SCENE of destruction at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, after the Hamas attack on October 7. Due to a lack of critical thinking, the kibbutz underwent a slaughter that is almost too painful to comprehend, the writer asserts.  (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
A SCENE of destruction at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, after the Hamas attack on October 7. Due to a lack of critical thinking, the kibbutz underwent a slaughter that is almost too painful to comprehend, the writer asserts. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

In the past year, the national library had created the "Bearing Witness" project aimed at documenting the October 7 massacre. 

Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections at the National Library of Israel, said, "With the Hebrew interface, Israelis will have easier access to archive content, to help learn about the persistence and destructiveness of antisemitism, and the genocides, crimes against humanity, and related persecutions that have occurred throughout history, and, sadly, in our own time as well.”

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