University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive

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Visual History Archive.
- University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive
- USA / USC Shoah Foundation Institute / Visual History Archive
- English
- 51,696 interviews (over 105,000 hours of video) at the time of writing.
- Updated 5 years ago
This important collection contains testimonies of Jewish survivors, rescuers, political prisoners, war crimes trial participants, Roma survivors, … etc. about their life before, during and after the Shoah. It is a crucial source for the history of the Holocaust. On average, the interviews are about 2 hours in length. At the time of writing, the geographical keyword “Belgium” was attributed to 2136 testimonies. 433 Belgian towns, cities and places are mentioned. The interviews provide information on all aspects of Jewish life in Belgium – political, religious, social and cultural life, youth...