Windows to Witness

About the Installation

Windows to Witness is designed as a symbolic French window installation concealing an interactive touchscreen experience.

At first glance, visitors will encounter illuminated window panels — reflections of home, memory, and the lives that existed before the Holocaust. When opened, the windows reveal access to survivor testimonies recorded by Judy Schwartz for the USC Shoah Foundation.

Through the touchscreen interface, visitors will be able to search survivor names, learn about their lives before and after the Shoah, and hear firsthand accounts in their own voices.

Judy Schwartz

The installation also includes a tribute page dedicated to Judy Schwartz and her lifelong commitment to Holocaust education, Jewish advocacy, interfaith dialogue, and community leadership.

The window itself serves as both metaphor and invitation.

One voice

—a window into history,
—a window into humanity,
—and a window into our responsibility to remember.

“A window can separate us from history — or invite us to look more closely.”

USC Shoah Foundation

The USC Shoah Foundation, established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, records and preserves the audio-visual testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Hosted at the University of Southern California, its Visual History Archive contains over 60,000 testimonies spanning the Holocaust and other mass atrocities.