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Scrambling to preserve Holocaust memories
 Sam Gustman, the USC Shoah Foundation’s chief technology officer, explains a display showing the documentation of testimonials.
As survivors and witnesses die off, USC's Shoah Foundation has embarked on a project to transfer 105,000 hours of videotaped testimony to longer-lasting digital format. By Joanna Lin
January 26, 2009 Fifteen years ago, nearly 52,000 Holocaust survivors and witnesses began sharing their stories with a group that would come to be known as the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. The testimonies, averaging about two hours each, were documented on videotape, a format whose quality deteriorates over time.
And that's why the foundation, intent on preserving its Holocaust material for future generations, has launched a $10-million initiative to turn 105,000 hours of videotaped testimony into a vast digital archive.
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http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-me-beliefs26-2009jan26,0,4208241.story
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