Dr. Michael Berenbaum is an American writer, professor, rabbi and advisor in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He also directs the Sigi Ziering Institute of the American Jewish University and he is professor of Jewish studies at the American Jewish University (Los Angeles). In 1979 he was appointed deputy director of President Jimmy Carter's commission on the Holocaust. Also, of 1988 he was director of the executive project for the creation of the Museum of the Holocaust of the United States (USHMM) in 1993, where he was exercised as director of its Study Center.
He has also been president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (1997-1999), now the USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to the filming and cataloging of testimonies of Holocaust survivors in 57 countries and in 32 languages. This foundation was created by film director Steven Spielberg after filming Schindler's List. Berenbaum is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death camp (Anatomy of the extermination camp at Auschwitz, 1994, with Israel Gutman). Different film projects in which he has taken part have been awarded by the American Film Academy and the Emmy Awards.
He has also been president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (1997-1999), now the USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to the filming and cataloging of testimonies of Holocaust survivors in 57 countries and in 32 languages. This foundation was created by film director Steven Spielberg after filming Schindler's List. Berenbaum is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death camp (Anatomy of the extermination camp at Auschwitz, 1994, with Israel Gutman). Different film projects in which he has taken part have been awarded by the American Film Academy and the Emmy Awards.
