An Index of Horror

By SCOTT CARLSON

To catalog an extensive video archive of Holocaust testimony, the U. of Southern California turned to the human touch and a system that could be used for other large archives

Imagine watching a video of a woman describing how her life was shattered. She speaks about her family splitting up, about her loved ones being killed, about one of the most systematic genocides in history. You've watched hundreds of those testimonies. And you're sitting in a cubicle next to others who, for eight