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Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation

Digital source collection with video interviews on genocides and violence against minorities, among others with Holocaust survivors

Visual History Archive

Content

In total, the "Visual History Archive" contains over 55,000 video interviews from 62 countries in 41 languages, mainly on the local horrors of the Holocaust. The interviewees include involuntary eyewitnesses such as victims of Nazi crimes as well as Jews and members of other groups of people persecuted in the Third Reich, such as Sinti and Roma or homosexuals.

The collection is continuously expanded by interview collections on the following topics: the genocides of the Armenians, in Cambodia 1975-1979, Guatemala 1978-1983 and Rwanda 1994, the massacre of Nanjing 1937/38, the current violent conflicts in South Sudan, Central Africa and the Rohingya in Myanmar as well as current anti-Semitism.

The database is characterised by an in-depth exploration of sources and the extensive transcription of non-English-language interviews. The database offers users an innovative user interface with detailed search options.

Access information

Registered users of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek as well as members of historical research institutions in Germany or German historical institutes abroad can register via a simple procedure under the following link:

https://geschichtswissenschaft.fid-lizenzen.de

Here you will be asked to identify your home institution. If you cannot find the institution in the registration form, please contact the Specialised Information Service (FID) for Historical Studies via the contact form provided. The contact form will support you in the ensuing registration steps.