The Holocaust and the UN

Student event "IWITNESS" - The Holocaust and the UN 

23 January 2012

"IWitness " is a new online application which provides a searchable collection of video testimonies of Holocaust survivors, along with educational tools and supporting resources for students. Twelve classes from secondary schools in the New York metropolitan area will be invited to create a research project using "IWitness".

The special event will feature student presentations of their projects using “IWitness” and a Q&A with Roman Kent, a Holocaust survivor, whose testimony is in this collection. Event organized with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education.

Event organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information in partnership with the University’s Shoah Foundation Institute.   The event is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations.

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