USC Shoah Foundation

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USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education

Founded	1994 by Steven Spielberg in the United States
Type	Research and Education Institute
Headquarters	University of Southern California
Location	Los Angeles, California
Key people	Dr. Robert Williams (Executive Director), Joel Citron (Board Chair)
Website	sfi.usc.edu

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust (which in Hebrew is called the Shoah) a compelling voice for education and action.^[1] It was established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, one year after completing his Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List. In January 2006, the foundation partnered with and relocated to the University of Southern California (USC) and was renamed the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education. In March 2019, the institute opened their new global headquarters^[2] on USC's campus.