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Joe Engel, joined here by fellow Holocaust survivors Rose Goldberg and Diny K. Adkins, along with College of Charleston students, dedicated his later years to speaking about his experiences during the Holocaust. Courtesy of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies

Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation

Students respond to history that feels local and personal. There are ways to do that even as Holocaust survivors pass away, one professor writes.
Shelter-in-place measures have made it more difficult for victims of domestic violence to escape from their abusers. Elizabeth Livermore/Moment via Getty Images

Domestic violence 911 calls increased during lockdown, but official police reports and arrests declined

A change in how witnesses, victims and authorities respond to domestic violence reports paired with limited social services placed victims in a vulnerable position during the pandemic.
There’s been an accident - but witness accounts will stray and lose accuracy over time. from www.shutterstock.com

Why we made iWitnessed, an app to collect evidence

Memories of events are notoriously unreliable - especially after some time has passed. Experts and police have developed an app to help the general public record evidence when it’s fresh.

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