University of Southern California Shoah Foundation
In July 2017, the USC Shoah Foundation added 10 testimonies to the VHA from a new collection called Contemporary Antisemitism. This collection addresses the geographically widespread increase in attacks on people, property, and interests perceived to be Jewish in the first two decades of the 21st century. This first group of testimonies was recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation with interviewees a few months after the February 2015 shootings in Copenhagen, Denmark, and include three Holocaust survivors whom the USC Shoah Foundation had interviewed in 1997-1998 as part of its original collection (Flemming Cohn, Birgit Krasnik-Fischermann, and Silja Vainer). Eight of the 10 testimonies are in English and two are in Danish.
Selected Indexing Terms
antisemitism
anti-Zionism
anxiety
attitudes toward Denmark and/or the Danes
attitudes toward humanity
attitudes toward Islam and/or Muslims
belief change
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Copenhagen shootings (February 14-15, 2015)
Danish history
Dansk Folkeparti
Denmark 2000 (January 1) - present
determination
Din Tro Min Tro
empathy
fear
Frihedsradet
future message
Holocaust education
Holocaust history
hope
inter-communal solidarity
inter-faith relations
intergenerational genocide impact
inter-Jewish relations
Islamism
Jewish communities
Jewish community welfare
Jewish history
Jewish identity
Jewish property attacks
Jewish-non Jewish relations
mass violence reflections
media coverage
national identity
Ny-Dansk Ungdomsråd
ostracism
post-terrorist attack reflections
post-World War II reflections
pride
racism
sadness
security (motivation)
surprise
survivor identity
sympathy
synagogues
terrorist attack-related psychological reactions
terrorist attacks
testimony-sharing motivations
threats
traditional Judaism
World War II history
