Online Roundtable: Holocaust Literature and Connective Histories of Other Genocides

Online

This online roundtable explores how Holocaust literature has shaped, and been shaped by in return, other histories of extreme violence. The speakers will discuss literature from Rwanda, Australia, and Yugoslavia, and highlight the complex and nuanced ways it engages with the Holocaust and Holocaust literature. This roundtable is part of an ongoing series featuring original […]

Session 3 – Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial

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INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE GRANT PROGRAM WINNER 2023 Join us for the IHRA Webinar Series, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), Eastern European Holocaust Studies: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (EEHS), Ukraina Moderna website (UM), and Austrian Service Abroad (ASA) on the theme of “Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial”. Topics that […]

“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” Session 4

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As we stand on the cusp of history, the voices of Holocaust and genocide survivors grow ever more urgent, reminding us of the cost of silence, the value of empathy, and the power of resilience. Echoes Across Time invites audiences to explore the crucial lessons these testimonies offer—on values, democracy, and the warning signs of oppression. Through […]

Laughing against Hitler: Soviet Yiddish Jokes and Songs of World War II

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Historian Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto) bring to life long lost Yiddish songs of World War II in this interactive lecture program, entitled  Laughing Against Hitler: Yiddish Humor During WWII in the Soviet Union.  Can humour be a weapon? If yes, is it effective? Based on Yiddish jokes and anecdotes recorded between 1943 and 1945, the program tells […]

Special stagings of Sarajevo

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Theatre is where we gather — to remember, to feel, to face ourselves. It is not a place of escape, but of confrontation. In Sarajevo, we return to the stage not just to recount history, but to mourn the fragile thread between love and violence, and to ask: how does friendship survive when the world […]