In Conversation with Dr Simonas Strelcovas: Echoes of the Past – Looking towards the Future: Jewish History and its Presence today at the Vilna Gaon Museum

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

Join the JHGC and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to South Africa for In Conversation with Dr Simonas Strelcovas: Echoes of the Past - Looking towards the Future: Jewish History and its Presence today at the Vilna Gaon Museum   Step into the story of Lithuania’s Jewish heritage—a tale of resilience, culture, and […]

ZAPP Fest Performance Showcase

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

15 March 4pm SAST Join the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, in collaboration with the Inside Out Centre for the Arts and the South African Poetry Project (ZAPP) for the ZAPP Fest Performance Showcase   Join us to enjoy the performances of an exciting group of young South African poets as they explore the themes […]

“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” Session 2

Online

“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” As we stand on the cusp of history, the voices of Holocaust and genocide survivors grow 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 critical lessons […]

Special Staging of Sarajevo

  RSVP IS ESSENTIAL AS SEATING IS LIMITEDClick the link or email dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za ABOUT THE PLAY:In the powder keg of Sarajevo in the days before the first shots of the Siege are fired, a South African photojournalist hires a Bosnian Muslim woman as a translator and local guide. As the chaos of war consumes the […]

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Special Staging of Sarajevo

  RSVP IS ESSENTIAL AS SEATING IS LIMITEDClick the link or email dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za ABOUT THE PLAY:In the powder keg of Sarajevo in the days before the first shots of the Siege are fired, a South African photojournalist hires a Bosnian Muslim woman as a translator and local guide. As the chaos of war consumes the […]

Free

“Sabotage”: The Legacy of Women’s Resistance in Auschwitz

Online

Join us for a special pre-screening of the documentary Sabotage, to stream on Thursday, April 3 through Sunday, April 6. This will be followed on Sunday, April 6, by a special Talking Memory Program, The Legacy of Women’s Resistance in Auschwitz. All registrants for the Sunday, April 6, Zoom program will receive the link and code to stream […]

Session 1 – Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial

Online

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, […]

Session 2 – Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial

Online

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, […]

Exhibition opening: Communicating Historical and Current Trauma by Art

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

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, in partnership with the Embassy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of South Africa, invites you to the opening of the exhibition, Communicating Historical and Current Trauma by Art. In a series of posters, Ukrainian artist and designer Yuliya Fedorovych tells the story of the Holodomor in her own […]