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SUMMARY:Live stream and Q&A with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter
DESCRIPTION:Click here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/live-stream-and-qa-with-holocaust-survivor-pinchas-gutter/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230807T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Opening: I See Something You Don’t See
DESCRIPTION:RSVP essential to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/exhibition-opening-i-see-something-you-dont-see/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230810T180000
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SUMMARY:Being at Double Risk: Women's Survival in the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:RSVP is essential to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/being-at-double-risk-womens-survival-in-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230813T144500
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UID:9500-1691937900-1691946000@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Fundraising performance of 'Do I Win or Do I Lose?' at the Theatre on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Click here to book.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/fundraising-performance-of-do-i-win-or-do-i-lose-at-the-theatre-on-the-square/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230829T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230829T190000
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SUMMARY:The Demjanjuk Affair in Israel: Remember to Forget
DESCRIPTION:The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung invite you to a seminar by Dr Tamir Hod on the Demjanjuk affair of the 1980s and 1990s. Dr Hod will explore the trial and eventual acquittal of Ukrainian-American John Ivan Demanjuk. Demanjuk was extradited to Israel on suspicion of being “Ivan the Terrible” a notorious concentration camp guard at Treblinka. \nDr. Tamir Hod is a historian in the field of World War II and the Holocaust\, as well as the impact of Holocaust remembrance on Israeli society. His doctoral thesis was about the Demjanjuk trial in Israel\, under the guidance of Prof. Hanna Yablonka\, which was also the title of his first book. Dr. Hod researched the role the Ukrainian collaborators played in the Treblinka extermination camp. At the moment\, Tamir is working on a book about the Nazi Crimes Investigations Unit in the Israeli Police. The unit\, which was founded in 1960\, was mainly comprised of Holocaust survivors and contributed greatly to various trials against Nazi criminals and their collaborators in many countries around the world. Dr. Tamir Hod teaches at the Tel Hai Academic College and at the Western Galilee Academic College. \nClick here to RSVP
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-demjanjuk-affair-in-israel-remember-to-forget/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230919T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T044743Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Chayela Rosenthal: Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Opening of Chayela Rosenthal: Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto Theatre accompanied by a film screening of The Paper Brigade. Members only walkabout at 5pm\, Opening and film screening at 6 for 6:30pm. \nPlease join us for the opening of Chayela Rosenthal: Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto Theatre\, which focuses on Chayela Rosenthal\, a remarkable talented performer who was one of the few survivors of the Vilna Ghetto. Known as the “Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto\,” Chayela survived the labour and concentration camps and a death march to the Baltic Sea. After liberation\, she joined the State Yiddish Theatre and gained recognition\, eventually performing in major European capitals and settling in Cape Town. \nThe opening will be accompanied by a film screening of The Paper Brigade\, an award-winning Belgian documentary which tells the moving story of the resistance group “The Paper Brigade”\, a group of Jewish writers\, scholars\, and librarians who desperately tried to rescue Jewish cultural treasures in Vilnius during the Nazi occupation. \nRSVP for the walkabout or become a member at dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za \nRSVP for the opening to pretoria@diplobel.fed.be
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/opening-of-chayela-rosenthal-wunderkind-of-the-vilna-ghetto-theatre/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230921T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20230911T044940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T044940Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Studies and the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry\, 6th programme: Jewish Studies and the Holocaust \n“The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nThe sixth lecture in this series focuses on Jewish Studies and the Holocaust. Presenting will be Prof Shirli Gilbert\, the director of the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre\, a professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London\, and the co-editor of Jewish Historical Studies. She holds a D. Phil in Modern History from the University of Oxford and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the Holocaust and its legacies\, modern Jewish identity\, and Jews in South Africa. \nJoining Prof Gilbert is Prof Adam Mendelsohn\, director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town\, and Associate Professor of History at the University of Cape Town. The Centre\, the only of its kind in Africa\, conducts research focused on Jews in southern Africa\, past and present. \nThe final presenter is Prof Yael Siman\, associate professor\, academic coordinator of the graduate program in social and political sciences at the Iberoamerican University in Mexico City. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She is a member of the Mexican National Council of Science and an affiliated researcher of the Centre for Advanced Genocide Research. She has investigated the displacement and migration trajectories of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Mexico. \nThis programme is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Generations of the Shoah\, and Liberation75. \nRegister here: https://cwbpgh.org/event/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry-7/
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/jewish-studies-and-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231010T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231005T105942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T110056Z
UID:9530-1696962600-1696968000@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Vatengesi – Hannah’s Dance
DESCRIPTION:This dance performance uses the story of Hannah’s Dance and the Kulturbund’s plan to save Jewish dancers during World War II as a starting point explore contemporary issues in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Movement\, mask work\, song\, poetry and metaphors come together to create a magical piece of ritual theatre exploring healing from political trauma. \nRSVP: https://forms.gle/2TTmAirEsDNenm6s6
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/vatengesi-hannahs-dance/
LOCATION:Goethe-Institut\, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue\, Parkwood\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231015T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231015T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231005T110227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T110257Z
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SUMMARY:Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:We are honoured to have the Ambassador of Denmark\, H.E. Thomas Winkler to open this special commemoration programme about a most incredible act of rescue. Almost all of the seven thousand Jews living in Nazi occupied Denmark\, managed to escape the Holocaust. What made Denmark the exception to the systemised horror? Bo Lidegaard\, a historian who has researched the subject\, presents a new explanation of the rescue based on more than ten years of historical research. Dr. Judith Goldstein\, Founder and Executive Director Emeritus of ”Humanity in Action”\,will introduce us to the work of the non-profit organisation\, including the production of the animated documentary ”Voices in the Void”\, which is part of the film series Traces: Portraits of Resistance\, Survival and Resolve. We will have the opportunity to see a screening of the film during the programme. Afterwards\, Rabbi Jair Melchior\, Chief Rabbi of Denmark\, will share the story of his grandfather\, Rabbi Bent Melchior z’l\, who was rescued on one of the boats to Sweden\, and enlighten us about Denmark and the Danish society today\, in relation to the moral lessons and insights gained by learning about this unique example of rescue during the Holocaust. \nThis programme is in partnership with the Embassy of Denmark in Tel Aviv\, Humanity in Action\, the Danish Jewish Museum\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University. \nRegister Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrduyrrDgsG9enoLgn2AxpwcpxWowsNJcQ
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/nation-takes-action-commemorating-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-rescue-of-the-jews-in-denmark-during-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231026T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231026T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231005T110359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T110359Z
UID:9536-1698350400-1698357600@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Gendering the Holocaust with Prof Andrea Pető
DESCRIPTION:“The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nThe seventh lecture in this series focuses on women and the Holocaust. Research on women and the Holocaust developed driven by the political strategy formulated by Joan Ringelheim in 1983 that in failing to recognise that men and women suffer differently we “lose the lives of women for a second time”. Andrea Pető analyses the consequences that the scholarship on women and the Holocaust followed the same epistemological route as women’s history writing in general. It started to collect the facts – making women visible and collecting evidence – and establish the history of women’s participation in\, for example\, the ghetto and among the Jewish resistance movements building up a considerable scholarship by now. The talk closes by analysing the causes and actors of the recent illiberal challenge on Holocaust Studies and its consequences on gendering the Holocaust. She will also explore the causes and actors of the recent illiberal challenge on Holocaust Studies and its consequences on gendering the Holocaust. \nThis programme is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Generations of the Shoah\, and Liberation75. \nAndrea Pető is Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University\, Vienna\, Austria\, and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Her works on gender\, politics\, Holocaust and war have been translated into 23 languages. She edited three pioneering books in the field of Jewish Studies with Louise Hecht\, Karoline Krasuska Women and Holocaust: New Perspectives and Challenges. IBL\, Warsawa\, 2015.\, and with Szapor\, Judith\, Hametz\, Maura\, Calloni\, Marina\, Jewish Intellectual Women in Central Europe 1860-2000. The Edwin Mellen Press\, 2012.\, with Helga Thorson The Future of Holocaust Memorialisation. Confronting Racism\, Anti-Semitism\, and Homophobia Through Memory Work. Tom Lantos Institute\, Budapest\, 2015. Her recent monographs are: Women in the Arrow Cross Party (Palgrave\, 2020)\, Forgotten Massacre\, Budapest in 1944 (DeGruyter 2021). She the editor-in-chief of East European Holocaust Studies (DeGruyter). In 2018 she was awarded the 2018 All European Academies (ALLEA) Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values and 2022 University of Oslo Human Rights Award. She is Doctor Honoris Causa of Södertörn University\, Stockholm\, Sweden. \nRegister Here: https://cwbpgh.org/event/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry-8/
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/gendering-the-holocaust-with-prof-andrea-peto/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231029T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231029T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231005T110539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T110539Z
UID:9538-1698609600-1698616800@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:From Darkness to Freedom: Honouring the 80th Anniversary of the Courageous Tunnel Escape from the Novogrudok Ghetto
DESCRIPTION:On September 26\, 1943 about 230 Jews accomplished a daring escape from the Novogrudok (Navardok) labor camp in Belarus (White Russia) via an underground tunnel dug by the inmates over a period of several months. In this programme\, we will focus on this less known escape. \nLady Gilbert give the opening remarks.  Afterwards\, Dr. Silberklang will present the broader picture of Jewish resistance in the ghettos.  Betty Cohen\, whose mother\, Fania Dunetz Brodsky\, was one of the escapees\, will examine the survivors’ choice to rebuild their lives\, where they did so\, the legacies they left behind\, and the families they created. Tamara Vershitskaya\, founder of the Jewish Resistance Museum in Novogrudok\, will take us on a virtual tour of the exhibition. Debra Brunner\, CEO of the Together Plan\, will discuss the organisation’s work in Belarus\, including the “Making History Together” project that promotes Holocaust commemoration. Our program will conclude with a special commemoration in honour of all those who were involved in the escape. \nThis programme is in partnership with The Together Plan\, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain\, Jewish Small Communities Network\, Qesher\, the Jewish Tapestry Project\, DIALOG International Charitable Organization\, Jewish Religious Union (Belarus)\, Jewish History Association of South Wales/Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru\, Classrooms Without Borders\, Rabin Chair Forum\, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. \nRegister Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkc-yurjktHdZtIKssgd8K4THtnEQ5TRSb
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/from-darkness-to-freedom-honouring-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-courageous-tunnel-escape-from-the-novogrudok-ghetto/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231116T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231116T230000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231113T064721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T064721Z
UID:9549-1700168400-1700175600@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Museums and Memorials with Dr Mirjam Zadoff
DESCRIPTION:Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry series: Memory Studies: Museums and Memorials with Dr Mirjam Zadoff  \n“The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that engages with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series explores the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nThe final lecture in the series looks at memory studies focusing on museums and memorials. Dr Mirjam Zadoff\, the Director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism\, and lecturer at the University of Munich\, will explore the relationship between memory studies and the Holocaust. \nThis programme is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Generations of the Shoah\, and Liberation75. \nRegister here: https://cwbpgh.org/event/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry-9/
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/museums-and-memorials-with-dr-mirjam-zadoff/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231119T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231113T065000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T065000Z
UID:9551-1700406000-1700413200@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Commemorating the Iasi Pogrom: Lessons and Remembrance 82 years later
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a special commemoration of the June 1941 lasi Pogrom. The programme will feature testimony by lasi pogrom survivor\, Lyonell Fliss\, as well as a conversation with HE. Mrs Monica Sitaru\, Ambassador of Romania to South Africa\, Mr Enrico Brandt\, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to South Africa\, and Founder/Director of the JHGC\, Tali Nates. \nRSVP here.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/commemorating-the-iasi-pogrom-lessons-and-remembrance-82-years-later/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231119T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231119T230000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231113T065232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T065232Z
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SUMMARY:A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:“Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis \nSession 1: A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust  \nIn these turbulent times\, we find strength in the bonds we share with our friends as well as in our commitment to a mission of education\, sharing inspiring stories of bravery and resilience\, and eliminating all forms of hatred. The new Talking Memory series represents our unwavering commitment to maintaining meaningful connections with you\, our friends from around the world\, with the intention of cultivating a shared sense of unity among us. We believe that this series represents a powerful response to current events\, while also serving as a profound testament to the strength of civil society today. \nThe first session\, taking place on November 19\, 2023\, will feature the following an opening by Ambassador of Denmark to Israel\, H.E. Thomas Winkler to open this special commemoration programme about a most incredible act of rescue. Bo Lidegaard\, an historian who has researched the subject of the Danish rescue\, presents a new explanation of the rescue based on more than ten years of historical research. Dr. Judith Goldstein\, Founder and Executive Director Emeritus of ”Humanity in Action”\, will introduce us to the work of the non-profit organisation\, including the production of the animated documentary “Voices in the Void”\, which is part of the film series Traces: Portraits of Resistance\, Survival and Resolve. We will have the opportunity to see a screening of the film during the programme. Afterwards\, Rabbi Jair Melchior\, Chief Rabbi of Denmark\, will share the story of his grandfather\, Rabbi Bent Melchior who was rescued on one of the fishing boats who sailed to Sweden\, in relation to the moral lessons and insights gained by learning about this unique example of rescue during the Holocaust. \nThis programme is in partnership with the Embassy of Denmark in Tel Aviv\, Humanity in Action\, the Danish Jewish Museum\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University. \nRegister here.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/a-nation-takes-action-commemorating-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-rescue-of-the-jews-in-denmark-during-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231123T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20231113T065512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T065544Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of Comrade King
DESCRIPTION:Please join Khulu Radebe and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for the launch of their book\, Comrade King\, which will include a conversation between Khulu Radebe will be in conversation with Jeff Kelly Lowenstein. \nAt age 50\, and proving a prophet’s prediction correct\, Khulu Radebe learned about his royal roots. He was informed that he was the ruler of the AmaHlubi people of the Embo Nation\, a nation that stretches along the east coast of Africa. In chronicling his extraordinary life and times in this landmark autobiography\, Radebe\, in a humane and vivid way\, chronicles the revolutionary path for freedom in South Africa. Alexandra Township in Johannesburg is a central character in this book and Radebe reveals an astonishing story of the post-1990 war between Inkatha and the ANC in Alex. Gripping\, bold and original\, Comrade King\, is an unforgettable story. King Bhungane III\, born Khulu Radebe\, a former activist\, Robben Island graduate\, and Umkhonto we Sizwe member\, now reigns as the King of the Embo Nation. \nJeff Kelly Lowenstein is an accomplished investigative journalist\, author\, and Executive Director of the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCI)). \nRSVP: rsvp@jacana.co.za  \nPlease use Comrade King Launch in the subject line
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/book-launch-of-comrade-king/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231126T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231126T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
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SUMMARY:Book launch of Catastrophic Grief\, Trauma and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors
DESCRIPTION:This book describes the narratives of child Holocaust survivors and their experiences of complex trauma\, complicated bereavement\, ageing\, resilience and existential loneliness. The work is unique in that it describes the trauma of child Holocaust survivors who were placed in concentration camps. Most children were killed on entry. Child survivors were rare. These survivors went on to build lives with considerable resilience and coping but their trauma remained within for the next 70-75 years. This is a unique view of the impact of catastrophic trauma and grief over a lifespan. \nThe book is based on the research of Tracey Farber’s PHD research in which she interviewed 9 child Holocaust survivors who were interned in concentration camps. Gill Eagle and Cora Smith were the research supervisors. The authors have added original chapters discussing the relevant research and literature in the field of massive grief\, complex trauma and ethics. \nThe survivors retained vivid recollections of the horror of internment and expressed ongoing grief for the multiple losses they had experienced. Unresolved grief contributed to a sense of existential loneliness\, particularly prominent in their late life reflections.  Despite indications of resilience and life productivity\, a ‘Trauma Trilogy’ of inter-linked catastrophic grief\, anger\, and survivor guilt contributed to a sense of pain and struggle in negotiating Erikson’s final life task of Integrity versus Despair.  By publishing the body of a doctoral thesis in the form of a book the aim was to make the material available to a wide audience. The authors include some practical outcomes that may inform clinical practice\, further research\, and understanding of the impact of other genocides. \nAbout the Authors: \nTracey Farber worked full time as a clinical psychologist\, psychotherapist\, supervisor\, and trainer in private practice for 24 years in Johannesburg. She specialized in treating traumatized adults\, adolescents and children and her work also included also included seeing second generation Holocaust survivors for individual psychotherapy. At present\, she works as a clinical psychologist at the Tel Aviv University Psychological Services\, Student Success Centre and in private practice in Tel Aviv. She developed a psychoeducational program called “Understanding Trauma and Building Resilience” that was developed from her PhD research. This program has been taught to mental health workers\, students\, teachers\, and parents as well as employees and managers. \nGill Eagle is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She lectures primarily on the master’s program in Clinical Psychology and is also a core member of the doctoral team overseeing research work. Her research interests lie in the field of psychosocial studies\, with a particular focus on traumatic stress and gender and issues. She runs a small private practice\, working primarily within a relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy framework. \nCora Smith is Adjunct Professor in the Division of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand. She also holds a joint appointment post as the Chief Clinical Psychologist at the Child\, Adolescent and Family Unit at Johannesburg Hospital. Her interests are in the development of personality pathology through the life cycle with a particular focus on attachment. She has a keen interest in the ethical dilemmas that emerge in clinical practice. \n  \nRSVP here.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/book-launch-of-catastrophic-grief-trauma-and-resilience-in-child-concentration-camp-survivors/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:10th Annual South Africa-Poland-Heritage Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in collaboration with the Association of Siberian Deportees\, Sol Plaatje University\, and the Embassy of Poland in South Africa invite you to the 10th South Africa-Poland Heritage Conference: Southern Africa – On the Edges of Polish Identity\, with a presentation by Mary Mbewe (Mulungushi University\, Zambia) on Memorialisation of  Polish Refugees of Northern Rhodesia – Preliminary Findings\, and a co-presentation by lan Macqueen (University of Pretoria\, South Africa)\, and Adam Kochajkiewicz (Institute of National Remembrance\, Poland) on Patrick Mabinda: The Experience of a South African Exile in Communist Poland\, (1977 – c. 1989). \nRSVP here. \n 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/10th-annual-south-africa-poland-heritage-conference/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231129T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231129T200000
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SUMMARY:Sub-Saharan Africans and the Holocaust by Prof Edward Kissi
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust was a catastrophe for its direct Jewish victims in Europe. For the non-Jewish and non-European “distant observers” of the Holocaust in sub-Saharan Africa\, the Nazi anti-Jewish campaign in Europe had a particular significance. The Speaker\, Dr. Edward Kissi\, author of Africans and the Holocaust: perceptions and responses of colonized and sovereign peoples\, will look at how particular groups of people in East and West Africa obtained and interpreted news reports about the Nazi persecution and attempted destruction of German and other European Jews in the 1930s and early 1940s. The talk focuses on how these groups in sub-Saharan Africa used their indigenous cultures and memories of European colonialism to make moral and analytical judgements about the Holocaust. \nEdward Kissi is Associate Professor at the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies\, University of South Florida\, and a member of the Africana Studies faculty. Kiss’s research focuses on the post-20th century history of West and East Africa\, the comparative history of genocide and human rights\, and sub-Saharan African perspectives on the Holocaust. He has published on a wide range of issues including genocide and human rights in Africa\, and the prospects and challenges of genocide prevention and global Holocaust and Genocide Education. In 2009\, Kissi was invited by the United Nations to write “The Holocaust as a Guidepost for Genocide Detection and Prevention in Africa” for the landmark United Nations’ Discussion Papers Journal.  He has since been involved in major national and international activities on Holocaust and Genocide Education\, including  UNESCO’s on-going initiatives on Holocaust and Genocide Education in Africa. His latest book Africans and the Holocaust (2019) is a pioneering effort to integrate sub-Saharan African perspectives on the Holocaust into Holocaust Studies and incorporate Holocaust content into African history\, and Africana Studies. Kissi has also been featured in the new National Geographic documentary Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony which made its international debut in December 2022. \nRSVP here.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/sub-saharan-africans-and-the-holocaust-by-prof-edward-kissi/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231213T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231213T210000
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SUMMARY:Jazz Against Apartheid: Beyond Exile
DESCRIPTION:Jazz Against Apartheid (JAA) was started in 1986 in Berlin by Jürgen Leinhos\, now 85 years old\, and his Frankfurt-based initiative “Kultur im Ghetto” (Culture in the Ghetto). The first event included musical specialists from the UK\, Switzerland and the EU\, particularly Germany\, joining together in honouring Johnny with the performance of Dyani compositions. Following Dyani’s passing in exile\, the JAA performing collaboration has continued with regular concerts in Europe and the USA.  In 2021 President Ramaphosa bestowed the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo in silver on Mr Leinhos for his commitment to the JAA programme\, for his determined stand against apartheid\, and for fighting for the cause of oppressed South Africans as an anti-apartheid activist. \nNow in its 38th consecutive year\, and its second year performing in South Africa\, Jazz Against Apartheid have performed over 100 concerts on three continents and visits Johannesburg for the first time. \nThe JAA movement is integrated with cultural activism. Every concert features the compositions of Eastern Cape born bass player\, composer and ANC member in exile Johnny Mbizo Dyani. \nBorn in Duncan Village\, East London\, Johnny Dyani went into exile at the age of 17 with the famous Blue Notes. His globally acknowledged contribution to jazz is remarkable from three perspectives: \n\nhis prolific and collaborative career which illustrates the unity in diversity that is achieved through music;\nhis compositions and albums\, that brought international attention to the lives of struggle icons such as Steve Biko\, Lillian Ngoyi\, and Nelson and Winnie Mandela\, and\nhe demonstrated that the source of jazz was on the African continent.\n\nSharing the vitality of Dyani’s music to current and future generation\, fills the gaps in cultural memory of what artists such as Dyani fought for and achieved abroad. Like those back home in South Africa who were fighting on every front to free themselves from apartheid\, thes exiled artists worked in solidarity “for my country\, for my people\,” as Dyani put it. \nThe JAA event continues the friendships built in exile\, in a kind of “künstlerisch-kultureller Austausch” (artistic-cultural exchange) and is a bridge between geography and history. \nThis event returns to the Eastern Cape due to the enthusiasm and support of activists and South African living in exile in Germany\, Professor Peggy Luswazi and Vusi Macingwane Mchunu.  These South Africans in exile enjoyed a direct interaction with the Jazz Against Apartheid project during the many active years of study and work in Berlin\, at the peak of the antiapartheid struggle. \nThe driving force of this cultural exchange is “Nachwuchsförderung\,” or the conscious policy and practice of transferring societal values\, knowledge and skills to the next generation. As Jürgen Leinhos said recently\, noting that South African political apartheid is dead but that the struggle continues: “Overcoming apartheid does not stop once apartheid – being in this case the name and definition of a political system – stops. Since the isolation of political voices and groups that took place not only from the political process\, but from education\, health care\, and other social needs\, has not stopped\, JAA continues to have legitimacy and a reason to exist.” \nAt the 13 December event\, additionally\, the Johnny Dyani Songbook Launch will take place. This anthology of compositions by Johnny Mbizo Dyani is the first such anthology of transcribed compositions from a South African Jazz Composer. It has been hailed as the breakthrough work for bringing local music education into South African educational institutions. The anthology has been produced by Jazz Against Apartheid Collaborations under the authorship of Artistic Director Daniel Guggenheim. \n  \nPanel Discussion: 11AM – 1PM \nThrough engaging with beyond exile\, participants will be able to explore the history of exile and resistance in the past as well as in contemporary society and connect to the themes of moral choices\, human rights and social activism. We welcome audiences\, activists and representatives from schools\, universities and professionals to gather at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre to engage with issues pertaining to South Africa’s identity: its challenges\, and the necessary moral compass of a society committed not to repeat the injustices of the past apartheid system in other ways. \n  \nConcert: 5PM – 7PM  \nArtiste listing-  \nInternational Musicians: Daniel Guggenheim (saxophone)\, Christian Lillinger (drums) and Christopher Dell (vibraphone)\, trumpeter Claude Deppa from UK and Johannesburg based collaborators Lex Futshane (bass) and Tomas Dyani (percussion).  \nSponsors: This event has been made possible with support from Germany\, (Kultur im Ghetto; Hessian Ministry of Higher Education\, Research\, Science and the Arts; and the Protestant Church)\,whose contributions are acknowledged with appreciation. \n  \nRSVP to the panel here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS4apJrwi3cbUmoKv5PhomMnPHwK_MmQnAEpmPnKfIZpNEmg/viewform \nBuy tickets for the concert here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/240357-jazz-against-apartheid-beyond-exile/#/ \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/jazz-against-apartheid-beyond-exile/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231217T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231217T223000
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SUMMARY:Under Beslenei’s Sky: A Tale of Courage
DESCRIPTION:In these turbulent times\, we find strength in the bonds we share with our friends as well as in our commitment to a mission of education\, sharing inspiring stories of bravery and resilience\, and eliminating all forms of hatred. The new Talking Memory series represents our unwavering commitment to maintaining meaningful connections with you\, our friends from around the world\, with the intention of cultivating a shared sense of unity among us. We believe that this series represents a powerful response to current events\, while also serving as a profound testament to the strength of civil society today. \nFor the second programme\, we look at the remarkable\, unknown heroic story of Beslenei\, a small village at the heart of the Caucasus. During the Holocaust\, the Circassian-Muslim people of Beslenei adopted orphaned children\, some of whom were Jewish\, who had fled the siege of Leningrad\, putting their entire community at risk.  The webinar will feature opening remarks from Yigal Cohen\, CEO of the Ghetto Fighters Museum\, followed by guest speakers David Shawgen\, research director of the Circassian Museum in Kfar-Kama who will provide an overview of Circassian history and culture and focus on the significant events that unfolded in Beslenei during April 1942; Zoher Thawcho\, initiator of the film “A Tale from Beslenei” and founder of the Circassian Museum in Kfar-Kama\, who will share clips of his film “A Tale from Beslenei” and discuss the production process of the film\, and his perspective on the story that came to life during the film’s creation; and Lana Harshuk\, a Circassian-Israeli educator at the Anne Frank high school\, who will discuss the intersections of her identity and the history of her people\, revealing their impact on her educational philosophy\, also explaining how hatred is often a result of ignorance\, and how she uses this story to encourage empathy and foster respect for others. There will also be a pre-screening of the documentary film\, “A Tale from Beslenei” for all registrants. \nThis programme is in partnership with the Circassian Historical Museum in Israel\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/under-besleneis-sky-a-tale-of-courage/
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240125T233000
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SUMMARY:Post Film Discussion: Resistance: They Fought Back
DESCRIPTION:Join the JHGC\, Classrooms without Borders and Ghetto Fighters’ House for a post film discussion on the NEW documentary Resistance: They Fought Back\nJoin us for this event as we unveil tales of resilience and courage\, remembering and reflecting on the indomitable human spirit in the face of adversity. \nThe Film link will be delivered to registrants 3 days before our engaging post-film discussion \n“People have this myth stuck in their heads that Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter. But this is where the real story begins… Jews did not go as sheep to the slaughter… They fought back.” Professor Richard Freund \nWe’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising\, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead\, it’s widely believed “Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter.” Filmed in Poland\, Lithuania\, Latvia\, Israel\, and the U.S.\, Resistance – They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small\, rebellions in death camps\, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe\, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis. \nWe were taught that Jews went like sheep to the slaughter. \nWe were taught a Nazi lie. \nThe discussion will feature: Paula S. Apsell – Executive Producer\, Co-Director \nFor 33 years\, Paula Apsell was the senior executive producer of the PBS NOVA science series. Prior to that\, she produced and directed a dozen NOVA episodes\, and was a Fellow in the Public Understanding of Science at MIT. During her long tenure at NOVA\, Paula was responsible for supervising more than 600 documentaries on a wide variety of subjects in the sciences\, and one\, The Bible’s Buried Secrets\, an exploration of the archaeology of the Hebrew Bible\, with partial funding provided by the Righteous Persons Foundation. She also co-directed and executive produced one of the most watched NOVA episodes\, Holocaust Escape Tunnel. During her tenure\, NOVA won every major broadcasting award\, including the Emmy\, the Peabody\, the duPont-Columbia University Gold and Silver Batons\, and an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects. In 2018 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. \nFacilitated by Dr. Michael Berenbaum \nDr. Michael Berenbaum is a writer\, lecturer\, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Jewish University\, where he is also a Professor of Jewish Studies. \nHe was the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica that reworked\, transformed\, improved\, broadened and deepened\, the now classic 1972 work and consists of 22 volumes\, sixteen million words with 25\,000 individual contributions to Jewish knowledge. For three years\, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. He was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C. From 1988–93 he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, overseeing its creation. He also served as Deputy Director of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust\, where he authored its Report to the President. \nBerenbaum is the author and editor of twenty books\, scores of scholarly articles\, and hundreds of journalistic pieces. His most recent books include: Not Your Father’s Antisemitism\, A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors and After the Passion Has Passed: American Religious Consequences\, a collection of essays on Jews\, Judaism and Christianity\, Religious Tolerance and Pluralism occasioned by the controversy that swirled around Mel Gibson’s film\, The Passion. He was the conceptual developer on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Centre and played a similar function as conceptual developer and chief curator of the Belzec Memorial at the site of the Death Camp. He is currently at work on the Memorial Museum to Macedonian Jewry in Skopje\, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum\, and the Holocaust and Humanity Centre in Cincinnati\, Ohio. \nRegister here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/post-film-discussion-resistance-they-fought-back/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240128T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240128T203000
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SUMMARY:International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:The online commemoration will include formal remarks\, a panel discussion about the symbolism of Auschwitz with Prof. Adam Mendelsohn\, Jakub Nowakowski and Iris Singer\, moderated by Mary Klug\, with a virtual performance by Zola Shuman. \nAbout the panelists: \nProf. Adam Mendelsohn is the director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town. He is also an associate professor and Head of the Department of Historical Studies. He is the author of Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army (2022) and The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire (2014)\, and co-editor of Jews and the Civil War: A Reader (with Jonathan D. Sarna\, 2010)\, Transnational Traditions: New Perspectives on American Jewish History (with Ava Kahn\, 2014)\, and Yearning to Breathe Free: Jews in Gilded-Age America (with Jonathan D. Sarna\, 2022). He has co-curated exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society\, Princeton University Art Museum\, and the Centre for Jewish History\, and is a former editor of the journal American Jewish History and currently co-editor of Jewish Historical Studies. \nJakub Nowakowski is the director of the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre. He was born and raised in Kazimierz\, the former Jewish district of Kraków. Coming from a non-Jewish family that lived in Kazimierz for generations\, from an early age he was compelled to research the history of his neighbourhood. In 2007 he graduated from the Department of Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University\, writing a thesis on Jewish resistance in Kraków during the Holocaust. In 2005 Nowakowski joined the staff of the newly opened Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. Nowakowski served as the director of the Galicia Jewish Museum for 13 year before becoming the director of the CTHGC. \nIris Singer is an Austrian filmmaker and activist who has been telling the story of the Holocaust and survivors of the Holocaust – as well as organising events and tours to remind young people of the importance of history\, and the most devastating genocides of the 20th century. She was the producer of Facing Auschwitz\, a documentary that follows the journey of four young Austrians on their journey to Auschwitz-Birkenau. \nRegister here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-commemoration/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240211T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240211T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
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SUMMARY:Film screening of Maestro and a performance by Sharon De Kock for International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:In honour of International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, the Embassy of Italy in Pretoria\, the Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg\, Rosa Luxemberg Stiftung and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura invite you to join us for a screening of the acclaimed film\, Maestro: In Search of the Last Music\, with formal remarks\, a candle lighting ceremony by Holocaust survivors\, and a performance by acclaimed violinist Sharon De Kock. \nThe docu-film Maestro makes use of an extremely evocative footage\, and manages to retrace the memory of a number of musicians who fell victim to the Holocaust (Shoah). He collected\, restored and brought back to life their melodies – sometimes just scribbled on toilet paper – before they vanish within the silence of history. \nSharon De Kock has been a violinist in the Odeion String Quartet and violin lecturer at the University of the Free State since 2008. She has performed and lectured internationally\,  returning to South Africa in 2006 and performs regularly as soloist and chamber musician. In June of 2021\, Sharon graduated with a DMus degree from the North-West University (NWU) in Potchefstroom. As an avid advocate for teaching children who do not have access to lessons and instruments\, Sharon started a community project\, Violins for Peace\, at the St Patrick”s Anglican church (Bloemfontein) in Jan of 2022. Thanks to the Istituto di Letteratura Musicale Concentrazionaria\, Barletta (Italy) for access to the music that will be played at the concert. \nRSVP here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-of-maestro-and-a-performance-by-sharon-de-kock-for-international-day-of-remembrance-for-the-victims-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240215T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20240205T113331Z
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SUMMARY:Holocaust Study Trip to Poland: Encounters & Reflections
DESCRIPTION:Staff from the Cape Town\, Johannesburg and Durban Holocaust & Genocide Centres joined the Austrian Service Abroad and the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies (UCT) for an annual Holocaust Study Tour in Poland. \nJoin us as the delegates reflect on their experiences visiting sites in the context of Jewish life in Poland and the Holocaust\, including synagogues and community centres\, the Warsaw Ghetto\, Treblinka\, Plaszów and Auschwitz- Birkenau. \nRegister Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/holocaust-study-trip-to-poland-encounters-reflections/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240218T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240218T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
CREATED:20240207T102926Z
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SUMMARY:"Bridge over Troubled Waters": Solidarity: A Vital Support System for Female Prisoners in Nazi Camps
DESCRIPTION:This programme will focus on instances of solidarity and compassion among female prisoners in Nazi camps during the Holocaust\, raising questions about the connection between a shared sense of unity and the chances of survival.  Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel will give the opening remarks on the importance of researching and discussing the history of women and their unique experiences during the Holocaust. \nThe first speaker\, Dr. Mehak Burza\, will explore the manifestations of solidarity among female prisoners\, as well as the various strategies used to keep up the struggle for survival in the camps\, while seeking a sense of solidarity and sisterhood. Burza will also trace the role of kashariyot – the young female couriers who played a crucial role in the resistance against Nazi-occupied Europe. \nThe second speaker\, Prof. Yoel Yaari\, will present the unique story of Bela Hazan\, who was born in 1922 in Rozyszcze\, Poland.  She served as a courier in the underground youth movement Dror\, using a Polish false identity. After being arrested\, she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Yaari will explore Hazan’s remarkable demonstration of devotion and solidarity as she took care of the patients in the Jewish ward\, serving as a nurse. \nThis programme is a partnership between Ghetto Fighters House Museum\, the Remember the Women Institute\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. \nRegister Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/bridge-over-troubled-waters-solidarity-a-vital-support-system-for-female-prisoners-in-nazi-camps/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240220T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T204936
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SUMMARY:#GOHOMEGOTA:  Film screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for a film screening and Q&A with director Sulochana Peiris. \nThis documentary looks at Sri Lanka’s 2022 Aragalaya protests from a protest movement building and mobilisation perspective and centres around interviews with several key core activists-belonging to different ethnic\, linguistic\, and professional backgrounds – who were part of the protest movement since its Galle Face occupation began. The interviews were carried out in two rounds\, the first\, while the Galle Face occupation was ongoing and the second round in January 2023\, several months after the occupation was called off in the face of increasingly brutal state repression. They share their specific movement organisation\, building\, and communication strategies\, the evolution of the movement and the current status amidst a counter-revolutionary repression unleashed  by the Ranil Wickremasinghe administration. These leaders also discuss how they define and are working towards a “system change” which they envisioned to achieve through the aragalaya protest movement. It also contains interviews with Professor Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri\, a political scientist from University of Colombo who frames through and places the aragalaya movement along the continuum of post-independence political/protest movement building and mobilisation process in Sri Lanka\, Dr.Sanjana Hattotuwa\, who discusses the role played by social media during the Galle Face occupation\, and  Ambika Sathkunanadan\, former commissioner of Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission\, who provides a critical analysis of the aragalaya protest movement for its lack of inclusivity across the country’s ethnic divides and an evident failure to platform unaddressed larger issues pertinent to the country’s thirty-year war. \nRSVP is essential: click here to RSVP
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/gohomegota-film-screening-and-qa/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide Featuring Dr Nicole Fox on The Resilience of Female Survivors in the Aftermath of Genocide
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of uncertainty and shadows\, our series on resistance stands as a beacon of hope. Over the course of our 8-part series\, we aim to shed light on the stories of individuals and communities courageously facing prevailing challenges. Our mission is to create a space where narratives of resilience take centre stage\, unveiling the indomitable strength of the human spirit in adversity. \nJoin us on this transformative journey; let this series serve as your source of empowerment\, inspiring our community to find their own light within the encompassing shadows. \nInaugural Event! Featuring Nicole Fox: \nThe Resilience of Female Survivors in the Aftermath of Genocide: \nMemorialization and Centring Women’s Experiences in Contemporary Rwanda \nNicole Fox\, PhD \nNicole Fox\, PhD is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University Sacramento. Her research centres on how racial and ethnic contention impacts communities\, with a focus on how remembrances of adversity shape social change and collective memory. Her current project examines individuals who conducted acts of rescue during episodes of mass violence\, theorising how social factors shape high-risk actions. Her 2021 book After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda (University of Wisconsin Press) focuses on how memorials to past atrocity impacts community development and reconciliation for survivors of genocide and genocidal rape. Her work has been supported by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation\, the National Science Foundation\, Andrew Mellon Foundation\, and the American Sociological Society’s Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline\, among others. She also serves on the United Nations Economic and Social Council and contributes to the UN Commission for the Status of Women held annually at the UN headquarters. \nThe discussion will be moderated by Tali Nates. \nTali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) and Chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation (SAHGF). She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education\, memory\, reconciliation\, and human rights. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films\, published many articles and contributed chapters to different books among them God\, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015)\, Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018)\, Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). \nIn 2021 she was part of the 12-member Expert Group of the Malmö Forum\, serving in an advisory capacity to the Secretariat of the Malmö Forum on their programme on Holocaust remembrance\, education and actions to combat antisemitism. Tali serves on many Advisory and Academic Boards including that of the Contested Histories Initiative\, the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. \nIn 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in \nSouth Africa by the Mail & Guardian newspaper and won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015)\, the Gratias Agit Award (2020\, Czech Republic)\, the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021)\, the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany)\, and the US Secretary of State’s Religious Freedom Award. \nRegister Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/lessons-in-resilience-from-the-holocaust-and-genocide-featuring-dr-nicole-fox-on-the-resilience-of-female-survivors-in-the-aftermath-of-genocide/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Book launch of Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung for the Johannesburg launch of Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany. \nJewish resistance during the Holocaust is still understood mostly in terms of rare armed group activities in the Nazi occupied East\, for example ghetto uprisings or partisan activities. Resisters is based on a broader definition and countless hitherto untapped sources\, including local police and court records as well as video testimonies of survivors. Introducing five new categories of resistance\, the book shows how between 1933 and 1945 Jews performed countless resistance acts in Nazi Germany proper\, by destroying Nazi symbols\, publicly protesting against the persecution\, disobeying Nazi laws and local restrictions\, and defending themselves from verbal insults as well as physical attacks. The fact that so many German Jewish women and men of all ages\, educations and professions defied the Nazis obliterates the common view of the passivity of Jews under Nazi persecution. Their courageous acts\, however\, still need to be incorporated into the general narrative of the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in general. \nWolf Gruner holds the Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies\, is Professor of History at the University of Southern California\, Los Angeles since 2008 and the Founding Director of the USC Dornsife Centre for Advanced Genocide Research (previously USC Dornsife Shoah Foundation Centre for Advanced Genocide Research) since 2014. He is a specialist in the history of the Holocaust and in comparative genocide studies. He received his PhD in History from the Technical University Berlin in 1994 as well as his Habilitation in 2006. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University\, Yad Vashem Jerusalem\, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum\, Women’s Christian University Tokyo\, and the Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg\, as well as the Desmond E. Lee Visiting Professor for Global Awareness at Webster University in St. Louis. He is an appointed member of the Academic Committee of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (since 2017)\, the executive committee of the Consortium of Higher Education Centres of Holocaust\, Genocide and Human Rights Studies (since 2018)\, the International Academic Advisory board of the Centre for the Research on the Holocaust in Germany at Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research\, Jerusalem (since 2012)\, and the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Genocide Research (since 2010). He is the author of ten books on the Holocaust\, coedited four books\, and has published almost 80 articles and book chapters. \nRSVP is essential here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/book-launch-of-resisters-how-ordinary-jews-fought-persecution-in-hitlers-germany/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Closed event: Workshop with Wolf Gruner #LastSeen
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an exclusive workshop with Professor Wolf Gruner looking at the #LastSeen Project. Please note that this event is only open to JHGC members\, educators\, volunteers and staff.\n  \nMore than 200\,000 people were deported from the German Reich between 1938 and 1945. Photographs of this have survived. Photos that show the events\, those being persecuted\, the perpetrators\, those involved. The #LastSeen Project Images of the Nazi Deportations has set itself the goal of systematically recording\, indexing and digitally publishing all images of the deportations from the German Reich for the first time in an image atlas. \nWolf Gruner holds the Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies\, is a Professor of History at the University of Southern California\, Los Angeles and the Founding Director of the USC Dornsife Centre for Advanced Genocide Research. \nRSVP Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/closed-event-workshop-with-wolf-gruner-lastseen/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Members and invitation only: Film Screening of Fritz Bauer's Legacy
DESCRIPTION:In honour of Human Rights Month\, the JHGC and Embassy of the Federal Republic of German Pretoria are hosting a screening of Fritz Bauer’s Legacy: Justice has no expiration.  \nProbably for the last time former SS-guards recently faced trial for their role in German concentration camps\, as for many decades Germany’s justice system had difficulty dealing with its countless unpunished Nazi crimes. However\, already in 1963 General State Prosecutor Fritz Bauer (1903-1968) aptly indicated that one should also prosecute small cogs in the machines of industrialised mass murder. Interspersed with stirring and moving first hand witness accounts of concentration camp survivors Fritz Bauer’s Legacy not only reveals a fascinating history of why it took so long for justice to find its way into German courts but it also effectively illustrates its significance for a future without mass murders and flagrant injustices. \nRSVP here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/members-and-invitation-only-film-screening-of-fritz-bauers-legacy/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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