WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 18:00 Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for a special talk by Lorenz Völker, as he shares his personal journey of discovering his late grandfather’s hidden past. Through years of research, Völker also uncovered the legal history of the Third Reich and brought together families of both perpetrators and Jewish victims. […]

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 2PM (SAST) The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, the Goethe-Institut, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung invite you to their annual commemoration of the 1938 November Pogrom (Kristallnacht). The commemoration will include formal remarks, a candle lighting ceremony, a performance by violinist Sharon De Kock, and a keynote address from Prof Hanna Yablonka, […]

SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 21:00 Join us for a special event marking the launch of Arbeit Macht Frei, the final book in Dr. Batya Brutin’s trilogy on Holocaust icons in visual art. The programme opens with remarks from Yigal Cohen, CEO of Ghetto Fighters' House. Prof. Shelley Hornstein will then explore how visual art—through sculptures, photographs, […]

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER : Film screening at 16:30 and Talk at 18:30 Join us for a conversation with Dariusz Popiela, a Polish Olympic athlete, who in 2018, founded the Popiela Family Foundation "Centrum". It’s focus is on the "People, not numbers" project to commemorate victims by name and restore their memory. He also co-organises events […]

SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER 14:00 Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in collaboration with the Association of Siberian Deportees, Sol Plaatje University, and the Embassy of Poland for the 11th Annual South Africa-Poland Heritage Conference: Remembering the 85th Anniversary of Russia Invading Poland and the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. Speakers include: Stefan Szewczuk: […]

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 14:00 SAST Join us for an online workshop on Working with Perpetrator Images: Exploring Propaganda Photographs held at Documentation Obersalzberg The workshop will be opened by Sebastian Peters, an expert on Heinrich Hoffmann, Adolf Hitler’s official photographer. Peters will introduce the material and work of the centre and this will be followed […]

26 NOVEMBER 21:00 Join us for the next instalment in the webinar series Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide featuring Dr Sara Brown Stories of Resilience: Learning from Survivors of the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda   Dr. Brown will focus on testimony excerpts of survivors who describe life after their […]

THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 17:30 for 18:00 The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, FC Bayern Museum, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pretoria would like to invite you to join us at the opening event of FC Bayern Munich During National Socialism: Victims, Followers, Perpetrators. The opening will feature […]

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 9PM SAST Join Us for a Special Programme The Impact of Animation in Holocaust Remembrance Animation has emerged as a powerful tool in Holocaust remembrance, blending art and education to convey stories and lessons for future generations. This programme will explore how animation enhances documentary films and museum experiences, bringing history to […]

29 January 2025, 17:30 for 18:00 Join us to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025 Marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau   The commemoration will feature formal remarks, a survivor candle lighting, musical performance by Dr Sharon de Kock, and a keynote address by Professor Shirli Gilbert on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in […]

Sunday 9 February, 14:30 for 15:00 The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute, invites you to a screening of The Last Time We Were Children, directed by Claudio Bisio. Summer 1943, Rome. Four children – Italo, Cosimo, Vanda, and Riccardo – forge a deep bond despite the chaos of […]

16 February 2025, 9pm SAST The Ghetto Fighters’ House recently launched a new permanent exhibition, “Among the Trees – The Holocaust in the Soviet Union” that commemorates the Jews of the former Soviet Union, in the interwar years, through their shared fate under the Nazi occupation, and after the war. This series will explore these […]