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SUMMARY:Webinar: Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
DESCRIPTION:Join the SAHGF for an inspiring online lecture-concert featuring Grammy-nominated producer Dan Rosenberg and JUNO-winning singer Lenka Lichtenberg\, as they share their remarkable music projects inspired by Holocaust poetry. The event will feature music and a discussion about two of their award-winning collaborations. \n\n\n\nSilent Tears\, The Last Yiddish Tango was created by Payadora Tango\, composer Rebekah Wolksteinilent Tears\, The Last Yiddish Tango was created by and journalist/producer Dan Rosenberg. The music is based on poems\, testimonies\, and writtings of women who survived the Holocaust. From inspiring songs about survival to mournful laments\, this award-winning program conveys an almost indescribable depth of emotion rarely sung about. \n\n\n\nThieves of Dreams\, Lenka Lichtenberg’s Juno Award-winning album\, sets her grandmother’s Holocaust-era poetry from Theresienstadt to hauntingly powerful music.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/webinar-silent-tears-the-last-yiddish-tango/
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SUMMARY:Session 4 – Othering\, Occupation\, Violence\, and Denial
DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE GRANT PROGRAM WINNER 2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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 will be engaged with under the central theme include the way in which historical analogies and presentism in studying the history of the Holocaust are used to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking about the Holocaust\, current armed conflicts and the rise of hate speech. Ways in which oversimplifications\, misrepresentations\, distortions\, and denial of these topics can be challenged and safeguarded against will also be grappled with\, alongside testimonies\, resistance\, education\, remembrance\, and the collection and preservation of history. \n\n\n\nThis four webinar in the series deals with the theme of Denial featuring speakers: Dr Irina Rebrova on “From ‘Peaceful Citizens’ to ‘Genocide of Soviet Nations’: The Place of the Holocaust Remembrance in Modern Russia”\, Dr Vibeke Moe Bjørnbekk on “Denial and distortion in the Norwegian context focusing on narratives about the war in Ukraine on the online platform Steigan.no.”\, Prof Hülya Adak on “Reconstructing Discussions of Human Rights and Genocide Prevention in the Interwar Period: How “The Treaty of Lausanne” led to the ”International Declaration of Human Rights” (1929)”\, and Prof Karoly Bard on “Fritz Bauer’s contributions to Germany’s culture of remembrance and the Auschwitz trial”. \n\n\n\nDr. Irina Rebrova is a historian of Holocaust and other Nazi victim groups of the Second World War in the Soviet Union. She defended her PhD thesis at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University Berlin (ZfA TU Berlin) and 2020 she published a book titled “Re-constructing Grassroots Holocaust Memory: the Case of the North Caucasus.” She holds a Russian PhD degree (candidate of science in history) and MA in sociology (Gender studies). She has published a number of articles on Oral History\, Gender History and Social Memory on World War II in Russian\, English and German academic journals and edited volumes. Among others\, she was a fellow at the Claims Conference Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies\, at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History\, Munich\, at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in Los Angeles\, USA. During 2014–2022 she was a Research Associate in Hadassah Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University\, USA. Since 2022 she is a member of the board of the German non-profit association KONTAKTE-KOНTAKТЫ that promotes intercultural tolerance\, education about history and donations for the victims of the Nazi era in Eastern Europe\, the Caucasus and Central Asia through international exchange. Her latest project “Remember us…” dealt with the history and memory of people with disabilities who became Nazi victims in the occupied regions of Russia during the Second World War (http://nsvictims.ru/). In November 2023\, she began her term as Alfred Landecker Lecturer at ZfA TU Berlin. \n\n\n\nVibeke Moe Bjørnbekk is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies in Oslo\, Norway. Her research focuses on contemporary antisemitism\, Islamophobia\, Holocaust memory\, and Muslim and Jewish experiences. Moe Bjørnbekk has a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Oslo. Her doctoral thesis explored Muslim-Jewish relations in contemporary Norway. She was project manager of the two last waves of the pioneering Norwegian surveys on antisemitism and Islamophobia (2011\, 2017\, 2022\, and 2024). Moe Bjørnbekk is the project manager of the international research project “Dynamics of hate: local manifestations of a global phenomenon”. The project explores hate speech on a global\, regional\, and local level and is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moe Bjørnbekk is part of the Norwegian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as member of the Academic Working Group and Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. She is also an Advisory Board Member of the project “Jewish pathfinders”\, a Norwegian government-financed project to combat antisemitism\, coordinated by the Jewish Community in Oslo\, a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the project “Antisemitism Undermining Democracy – Debunking Antisemitism”\, hosted by Åbo Academy\, Finland\, and member of the Advisory Committee of the Norwegian Human Rights Institution in the period 2024-2028. Among Moe Bjørnbekk’s recent English publications are The Shifting Boundaries of Prejudice: Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Contemporary Norway (ed.) (Scandinavian University Press\, 2020) and Narratives about Jews among Muslims in Norway (De Gruyter\, 2024). \n\n\n\nHülya Adak is Senior Fellow at the Orient Institut Istanbul der Max Weber Stiftung and Visiting Professor of Gender Studies at the Margherita von Brentano Zentrum at Freie Universität Berlin. Between 2019-2022\, she was the Director of SU Gender (Sabancı University’s Gender and Women’s Studies Center). Since 2018\, she has served as Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Between 2001-2024\, she served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Gender Studies at Sabancı University. She is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers and Newton Grant (British Academy/with Murat Akser). Her articles in the fields of gender studies\, memory and trauma studies\, empire studies and nationalism\, history of human rights\, literature\, theater\, and film studies have been published in prominent journals. Her recent works include Critical Perspectives on Genocide: History\, Politics and Aesthetics of 1915 (Routledge\, 2023\, with Müge Göçek and Ron Suny)\, Mapping Gender: What’s New and What’s Ahead in Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Max Weber Stiftung Publications 2022\, with Richard Wittmann); Performing Turkishness: Politics of Theater in Turkey and its Diasporas\, (Special Issue of Comparative Drama\, 2018\, with R. Ertuğ Altınay)\, Halide Edib and Political Violence: The Armenian Atrocities\, Dictatorship and Nonviolence (Bilgi University Press\, 2016\, in turkish)\, Hundert Jahre Türkei: Von Revolten\, Traeumen und Hoffnungen (Unionsverlag Zurich\, 2010\, with Erika Glassen).  She is currently working on the book Afterlives of Archives (with Melanie Tanielian and Erdağ Göknar) that received Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute’s Book Manuscript Award (2021). \n\n\n\nKároly Bárd\, Professor Emeritus at the Central European University (CEU) has had a distinguished career in law and public service. He began his journey at the Faculty of Law\, Eötvös Loránd University\, Budapest. From 1990 to 1997\, he served as Hungary’s Vice-Minister and later Deputy State Secretary of Justice\, playing a pivotal role in modernizing the country’s legal system and bringing it in line with international human rights standards. Subsequently\, he became Research Director at the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute of the Open Society Institute. At CEU\, he directed the Human Rights Program of the Legal Studies Department for more than two decades and served as Pro-Rector for Hungarian and European Affairs. Károly Bárd’s expertise in criminal justice\, human rights\, international humanitarian law and Holocaust trials has been sought by prestigious global organizations\, including the United Nations\, Council of Europe\, European Commission\, OECD\, and World Bank. He was member of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)\, member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI; for more than a decade he served on the Advisory Board of the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control\, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI). As member of the Hungarian delegation Károly Bárd participated in the elaboration of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)  and its Rules of Procedure and Evidence.   
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/session-4-othering-occupation-violence-and-denial/
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SUMMARY:Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future Session 5
DESCRIPTION: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 monthly episodes\, each centred around a survivor’s testimony about their life experiences\, this series poses the question: Are we truly listening? \n\n\n\nJoin us as we amplify stories from the Holocaust to Rwanda\, Cambodia\, and beyond\, engaging with survivors\, scholars\, and advocates who work tirelessly to preserve these legacies and inspire a more compassionate future. \n\n\n\n“The Global Reach of the Holocaust: Voices from Unexpected Places”\n\n\n\nThe USHMM and its partners will share highlights from their international education outreach\, focused on finding connections and relevance to the Holocaust in unexpected places from South Asia to Africa\, the Middle East to Latin America and beyond. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\nIlana Weinberg International Programs Officer for the Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism \n\n\n\nSince joining the Museum in 2019\, Ilana has worked to build international partnerships to reach young adults and leaders through joint educational projects that deliver accurate information about how and why the Holocaust happened in ways that reflect the relevance of this history to those audiences today. She leads the International Program on Holocaust and Genocide Education\, implemented jointly with UNESCO\, to build the capacity of education stakeholders around the world to develop context relevant Holocaust education in support of existing national curriculum framework and priorities. Previously\, Ilana managed innovative partnerships and programs across the greater Middle East at America Abroad Media\, an international nonprofit that empowers and supports local voices that convey universal values through creative content and media programming. Ilana has a BA in Journalism from The George Washington University. \n\n\n\nTad Stahnke: William and Sheila Konar Director of International Educational Outreach \n\n\n\nTad Stahnke is the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s William and Sheila Konar Director of International Educational Outreach\, and Director of the Museum’s Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism\, advancing the Museum’s mission to establish the relevance of the Holocaust for new generations. Before joining the Museum\, Mr. Stahnke was Program Director at Human Rights First\, an international human rights advocacy organization\, and Policy Director at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom\, which was created by Congress to advise the U.S. government on advancing respect for the internationally-recognised right to freedom of religion. \n\n\n\nMina Abdelmalak: Senior International Programs Officer\, Middle East and North Africa \n\n\n\nMina works with partners across the Middle East and North Africa as well as visitors to the Museum to help introduce the relevance of Holocaust and the early warning signs of genocide in our world today. Mina was born and raised in Egypt\, where he received a law degree from Ain Shams University. He studied nonviolence and advocacy strategies at the Arab Academy for Non-Violence Studies in Lebanon. Mina also worked as a legal researcher for the Egyptian Union of Liberal Youth (EULY)\, a Cairo-based\, non-profit organisation\, which promotes classic liberalism among Egyptian youth. \n\n\n\nTali Nates: Founder and Executive Director\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre \n\n\n\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). \n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\nIn 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South 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) and the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany).
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/echoes-across-time-voices-of-survival-and-lessons-for-our-future-session-5/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online book launch of Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide. The co-editors\, Prof. Lori Weintrob and Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz\, will give a brief introduction to the book\, which brings together international scholars to explore new perspectives on women’s rescue and resistance during the Holocaust\, as well as the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and genocide in Armenia . In addition\, two contributing authors\, both descendants of Holocaust survivors\, will speak about their respective chapters. \n\n\n\nDr Daniela Ozacky Stern will highlight the often-overlooked stories of Jewish women partisans during the Holocaust\, focusing on the personal narrative of Chaya Shapira Lazar. Through her grandmother’s journey from the Vilna Ghetto to the partisan forests\, Daniela sheds light on the unique challenges faced by female resistance fighters\, who had to navigate traditional gender roles alongside revolutionary combat responsibilities. \n\n\n\nDr Steven Meed\, son of Vladka Meed (née Feyge Peltel)\, will speak about his mother’s extraordinary wartime activities. An 18-year-old member of the Bund youth organisation SKIF in Warsaw at the time of the German invasion in 1939\, she was quickly recognised for her fearlessness\, resourcefulness\, perfect Polish\, and remarkable memory. These qualities led to her undertaking increasingly dangerous missions\, particularly on the Aryan side. After Liberation\, she continued to speak and write—initially in Yiddish—about her experiences\, bearing witness on behalf of those who perished and those who survived\, and reminding the world of the respect owed to both. \n\n\n\nThis programme is held in partnership with the Wagner College Holocaust Centre\, the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University\, Remember the Women Institute\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/heroines-of-the-holocaust-reframing-resistance-and-courage-in-genocide/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings from History\, an Online Discussion with Laurence Rees
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Online Discussion with Laurence Rees The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings from History. \n\n\n\nHow could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly – often enthusiastically – oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? \n\n\n\nIn his latest book\, The Nazi Mind\, bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest research in psychology to help answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding WW2 and the Holocaust. Rees traces the rise and eventual fall of the Nazis through the lens of ‘twelve warnings’ – from talk about ‘them’ and ‘us’ to the escalation of racism – whilst also highlighting signs to look out for in present day leaders. \n\n\n\nLaurence Rees is a renowned historian\, acclaimed author and former Head of BBC TV History\, known for his acclaimed work on the Second World War. He has created award-winning TV series and bestselling books\, including The Nazis: A Warning from History\, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution\, and The Holocaust: A New History. Educated at Oxford\, he holds honorary doctorates from the University of Sheffield and the Open University. Rees has received numerous prestigious awards\, including a BAFTA\, two Emmys\, and a British Book Award.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-nazi-mind-12-warnings-from-history-an-online-discussion-with-laurence-rees/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Anne Frank: Parallel Stories
DESCRIPTION:In honour of Anne Frank’s birthday and Youth Month\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre by Special Arrangement with the Historic Documentary Film Society\, invites you to a screening of the acclaimed documentary Anne Frank: Parallel Stories.  \n\n\n\nAnne Frank who was denied her youth\, celebrated her 13th birthday\, her last in freedom on June 12th\, 1942. For the next two years in hiding\, she recorded in her treasured birthday gift her most intimate thoughts and impressions. Today\, her diary speaks volumes as a key voice from the Holocaust. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be introduced by Selwyn Klass\, co-founder of The Historic Documentary Film Society. \n\n\n\nNarrated by Dame Helen Mirren with readings from Anne’s diary in the secret annex\, the film includes interviews with five survivors who were her age when they were deported. \n\n\n\nA suggested token donation of R50 (in cash) is requested
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-anne-frank-parallel-stories/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Session 5 – Othering\, Occupation\, Violence\, and Denial
DESCRIPTION: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 will be engaged with under the central theme include the way in which historical analogies and presentism in studying the history of the Holocaust are used to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking about the Holocaust\, current armed conflicts and the rise of hate speech. Ways in which oversimplifications\, misrepresentations\, distortions\, and denial of these topics can be challenged and safeguarded against will also be grappled with\, alongside testimonies\, resistance\, education\, remembrance\, and the collection and preservation of history. \n\n\n\nThis fifth webinar in the series deals with the theme of Testimonies featuring speakers: Dr Catherine Clark on “‘Othering’ and the Survivor Testimonies of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute”\, Prof Gelinada Grinchenko on “Oral history of war\, occupation\, and liberation: Kharkiv 1941-1945”\, Prof Kerry Whigham on “Testimonial spaces and practices: the power of art and memorials in testifying to past harm”\, and Paul Salmons on “The testimony of artefacts: what stories can we find in everyday objects?” \n\n\n\nCatherine E. Clark\, PhD\, is the Senior Director of Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation. Trained as a historian of modern Europe\, Clark joined the Shoah Foundation in 2024 after serving at MIT\, where she remains a tenured Associate Professor of History and French Studies. From 2022-2024\, she served as the Faculty Director of MIT’s Programs in the Digital Humanities. Clark is the author of Paris and the Cliché of History (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, which won the 2018-2019 Laurence Wylie Prize for the best book in French cultural studies authored by a resident of North America\, as well as numerous articles about French history and culture in publications including the American Historical Review\, the Journal of Visual Culture\, and Representations. She brings her expertise in history\, visual culture\, and computational methods in the Humanities to her role at the USC Shoah Foundation. Clark is dedicated to strengthening the Institute’s educational\, academic\, and public programs and fostering impactful partnerships. \n\n\n\nProf. Dr. Gelinada Grinchenko is an Associated Researcher at the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich\, Germany\, and a Professor at the Department of World History at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University\, Ukraine (until 2023\, she was a Professor at the Department of Ukrainian Studies at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University\, Ukraine). She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Ukraina Moderna\, Co-Chair of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission\, and Co-Chair of the Ukrainian Oral History Association. Her research interests include Oral History\, the history and remembrance of World War II\, Memory Studies\, and Holocaust and genocide research. She is the author of numerous publications on these topics\, including: Reclaiming the Personal: Oral History in Post-Socialist Europe\, edited by N. Khanenko-Friesen and G. Grinchenko\, University of Toronto Press\, Scholarly Publishing Division\, 2015\,Traitors\, Collaborators\, and Deserters in Contemporary European Politics of Memory: Formulas of Betrayal\, edited by G. Grinchenko and E. Narvselius\, Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies\, 2018\, and Grinchenko\, Gelinada; Venger\, Albert (2024): Archival Case Files Regarding the Killings of Psychiatric Hospital Patients in Occupied Dnipropetrovs’k Region: Historical Sources\, People\, and Memory (in Ukrainian). She has taught as a Visiting Professor at Bochum and Giessen Universities (Germany) and was a fellow at numerous foundations and institutions\, including: Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung\, Philipp Schwartz Initiative for At-Risk-Scholars (2023–24)\, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2022\, 2023)\, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (2022\, 2021\, 2006\, 2004)\, Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena (2019–20)\, Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich (2018)\, The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry\, Brandeis University\, USA (2015)\, Gerda Henkel Stiftung (2012\, 2004–06)\, The Center for Advanced Study and Education (2010\, 2009)\, and the American Council of Learned Societies (2008\, 2003). \n\n\n\nKerry Whigham is Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University and Co-Director of its Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP). His first book\, Resonant Violence: Affect\, Memory\, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies\, is published by Rutgers University Press. He has also published articles in Genocide Studies and Prevention\, Memory Studies\, Public Administration Review\, Public Administration and Development\, and The International Journal of Transitional Justice\, and has written chapters for several edited volumes. He served as a Fulbright Specialist at UNESCO and regularly trains government agencies on atrocity prevention policy and practice. He received a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University. In addition to his academic work\, he is the Director of Research and Online Education at the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities\, an international non-governmental organisation that works with over 90 countries around the world on creating public policy for the protection of vulnerable groups and the prevention of mass atrocities. \n\n\n\nPaul Salmons specialises in difficult\, challenging histories\, exploring the continued relevance of the past in today’s complex world. He is Director of the exhibition and education company\, Paul Salmons Associates\, Chief Curator of the travelling exhibition\, Seeing Auschwitz (produced by Musealia for UNESCO and the United Nations)\, and co-curator of Musealia’s international award-winning Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. He was consulting curator on two new permanent Holocaust exhibitions in New York City and St Louis\, Missouri\, and helped to create the major new international travelling exhibition The Berlin Wall: Living in a Divided World\, currently on display in Paris. Previously\, Paul helped create the United Kingdom’s national Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum; co-founded the Centre for Holocaust Education at University College London; and for 20 years played a leading role in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. He is also the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s first Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Fellow\, contributing to a range of the Museum’s international and educational projects.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/session-5-othering-occupation-violence-and-denial/
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SUMMARY:Session 6 – Othering\, Occupation\, Violence\, and Denial
DESCRIPTION: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 will be engaged with under the central theme include the way in which historical analogies and presentism in studying the history of the Holocaust are used to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking about the Holocaust\, current armed conflicts and the rise of hate speech. Ways in which oversimplifications\, misrepresentations\, distortions\, and denial of these topics can be challenged and safeguarded against will also be grappled with\, alongside testimonies\, resistance\, education\, remembrance\, and the collection and preservation of history. \n\n\n\nThis sixth and final webinar in the series deals with the theme of Education about Denial featuring speakers: Dr Lorrie Lynn King on “Genocide Education as Transformative Justice Against Denial: A Mainstreaming Case Study”\, Jakub Nowakowski on “Distorted Narratives: Misrepresentation and Propaganda in the Discourse About the Holocaust in Poland Since 1989″\, Richard Newell on “Making Sense of Holocaust and Genocide Denial in the Former Yugoslavia”\, and Thomas Köhler and Peter Römer (Villa ten Hompel Memorial & Museum) “Narrating gender perspectives in educational settings on the Holocaust by Bullets”. \n\n\n\nFor nearly thirty years\, Dr. Lorrie Lynn King has worked across applied\, academic\, and philanthropic sectors in global health and humanitarian aid. Her career spans 40 countries and fifteen Indigenous nations\, collaborating with organizations like CARE International\, the American Red Cross\, the Carter Center\, and UMCOR. Her community health programs\, including HIV/AIDS Case Management Training in post-genocide Rwanda and Coffee Klatch Psychosocial Support for survivors of sexual violence\, have been recognized by the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the CDC.  Lorrie’s pioneering work in menstrual equity earned her a spot in CNN’s Top Ten Inspiring Women of 2014 (“The Stigma Stopper”)\, along with honors from the Georgia State House of Representatives\, Rotary International\, and Global Menstrual Hygiene Day. As a PhD scholar in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, she researches global resistance and reparation\, Nazi resettlement in the U.S.\, and Jewish Drag and Gangsterism. She teaches Public Health\, Social Justice\, and Religion at Emory University and Agnes Scott College\, serving as faculty advisor for the Jewish Student Union\, “The Jew Crew”. Lorrie holds a BA in International Development from Oglethorpe University\, an MPH from the University of Liverpool\, and is completing her PhD at Gratz College. She has certifications in Health and Human Rights from Harvard\, Health in Prisons from Johns Hopkins\, and Mental Health First Aid. Additionally\, she is a certified yoga teacher and ordained by the Universal Life Church. In her spare time\, she enjoys reading\, film\, black coffee\, red wine\, and laughter.  \n\n\n\nJakub Nowakowski 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\, where he wrote a thesis on Jewish resistance in Kraków during the Second World War. His interest in Jewish history and Polish-Jewish relations led him to become a student volunteer and a member of Polish-American-Jewish Alliance for Youth Action (PAJA). The goal of the organisation was to create opportunities for dialogue between young Poles\, Jews and Americans. In 2005 Nowakowski joined the staff of the newly open (2004) Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. In 2006 he joined the Museum’s Education Department\, and in 2008 he became its manager. In 2010\, after an international competition\, Nowakowski was appointed as the director of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków\, Poland. He served in this role for 13 years. In 2023 he was appointed as the director of the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre. Jakub Nowakowski is the co-author of a number of Museum publications\, including Poland: A Jewish Matter\, and the proceedings of a symposium exploring contemporary Jewish life in Poland\, marking the close of Jewish programming for Polska! Year. He is also a curator of the Museum exhibitions including “Fighting for Dignity”\, “Jewish Resistance in Kraków\, A City Not Forgotten”\, “Memories of Jewish Lwów and the Holocaust”\, “The Girl in the Diary”\, and “Searching for Rywka from Łódź ghetto”. The exhibitions he has curated have been presented in Poland and internationally. \n\n\n\nRichard Newell is a PhD candidate\, based in Sarajevo\, studying at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Austria). His previous research and publications have been on the memory conflicts surrounding the genocide in Srebrenica and Rwanda. His current research is focused on the memorialisation of WWII in the Balkans\, with particular focus on the Jasenovac Concentration Camp. He is co-producer of the Aegis Trust’s “Peace at Risk in Bosnia” podcast and member of the Sarajevo Security Conference.  \n\n\n\nThomas Köhler is the second deputy director of the Villa ten Hompel Memorial and Museum in Münster(Germany) and an associate researcher at the University of Münster. His research\, education and exhibitions focus on the history of National Socialism and the Holocaust\, police history in the 20th century and the culture of remembrance after 1945.  As a partner of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C.\, he is developing educational outreach programs for their German-language traveling exhibition “Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity in the Holocaust.” Together with the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem in Jerusalem\, he co-developed the didactic folder “Entscheiden und Handeln” regarding the synagogue massacre in the eastern Polish city of Bialystok in June 1941. He is writing his doctoral thesis on the ideological radicalization of Nazi police officers  and is the author and (co-)editor of An der Seite der SS. Die deutsche Polizei im Dritten Reich (expected to be published in 2025)\, Polizei und Holocaust. Eine Generation nach Christopher Brownings Ordinary Men (2023)\, Lublin-Majdanek. Das Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager im Spiegel von Zeugenaussagen\, 2nd edition (2014)\, ‘Nicht durch formale Schranken gehemmt’. Die deutsche Polizei im Nationalsozialismus (2012). \n\n\n\nBorn in Hamburg in 1984\, Peter Römer moved to Münster to study political science\, modern and contemporary history\, and public law at the University of Münster. His experience abroad at the University of Warsaw sensitized him to issues of memory culture and political history. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree. He has worked as a as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Police University and at the University of Münster. Römer completed his traineeship at the Villa ten Hompel memorial and museum from 2016 to 2018 and has been working here as an educational and Research Associate since 2019. He conceived and planned the international conference “Facing Police and Holocaust” (2019). He was project manager for the projects “Den Tätern auf der Spur” (On the Trail of the Perpetrators) (2020-2022) and “Das geht mich ja was an!” (That’s My Business!) (2021-2022)\, both funded by the EVZ Foundation. He is responsible for the content and organization of education of adults at Villa ten Hompel (particularly in the area of professional training for police\, fire department\, and judicial personnel\, students\, and multipliers). He therefore designs projects for democracy and human rights education\, anti-Semitism prevention\, the history of the police under National Socialism\, and the current development of the executive and judicial branches. He also conducts research on police history and how people become perpetrators. Römer has been deputy director of the historical site since 2023.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/session-6-othering-occupation-violence-and-denial/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Mini conference: 80 Years On: Memory\, Responsibility\, and the Future of Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and its partners for a conference focusing on 80 years since the end of World War II and the Holocaust\, highlighting memory\, responsibility\, and the future of remembrance. \n\n\n\nLearn from experts Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner (historian and director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation)\, Dr. Yohai Cohen (director of Yad Vashem’s guiding department)\, Tal Bruttmann (French historian and writer on the Auschwitz Photographs) with participation of Sylt Foundation’s director\, Indra Wussow and JHGC’s director\, Tali Nates. \n\n\n\nThe conference will be followed by the opening of More Important than Life: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition at 6pm. \n\n\n\nDr. Yohai Cohen\, current director of Yad Vashem’s guiding department\, has worked at Yad Vashem since 2006. He wrote his doctoral thesis in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the history of the Holocaust in Yad Vashem exhibitions from the 1950s to the present day. Previously\, he worked at Yad Vashem as a museum guide\, curator of photographs in the museum\, and researcher of photographs in the archive. \n\n\n\nBorn in 1966\, Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner studied medieval and modern history\, geography\, and Romance philology in Göttingen and Santiago de Chile (M.A.). He completed his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1999 with a thesis on the history of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp. In 2000 he was a guest scholar with the Max Planck Society research project “Geschichte der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft im NS” (Berlin). He served as director of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (Nordhausen) 2001–2014\, as executive director of the Lower Saxon Memorials Foundation 2001–2014\, and director of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial (Celle) 2014-2020. He has been director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2020. \n\n\n\nTal Bruttmann is a historian specializing in the Holocaust and antisemitism. His work focuses on antisemitic policies in France during the war\, as well as the systematic murder of European Jews and the killing centres. He is notably the author of “Auschwitz” (La Découverte\, 2015) and “Les cent mots de la Shoah” with Christophe Tarricone (PUF\, 2016)\, as well as “Microhistories Of The Holocaust” (Berghahn Books\, New York\, 2016) with Claire Zalc. His latest book\, “Un album d’Auschwitz : comment les nazis ont photographié leurs crimes” (Seuil\, 2023)\, written with Stefan Hördler and Christoph Kreutzmüller\, is a study dedicated to the photographs taken by the SS at Auschwitz. He also contributed to the script of the graphic novel “Du sang dans la clairière. Mont-Valérien 1941-1944\,” alongside historian Antoine Grande and cartoonist Efix.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/mini-conference-80-years-on-memory-responsibility-and-the-future-of-remembrance/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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SUMMARY:Exhibition opening: More Important Than Life: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for keynotes by Jens-Christian Wagner (Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation)\, Yohai Cohen (Yad Vashem)\, Tal Bruttmann (French historian)\, and ambassadors at the opening of the powerful new temporary exhibition from NSDoku München and the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute with the support of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland: More Important Than Life: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto. \n\n\n\nOn display for the first time in Africa\, the exhibit explores rare images and documents from the hidden archive of the Warsaw Ghetto\, known today as the Ringelblum Archive. This collective of academics\, writers\, and activists worked secretly to document the mass murder of European Jews as it was happening. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition tells the story of this act of resistance: a never-ending\, arduous\, harrowing but ultimately successful attempt to write the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of its victims.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/exhibition-opening-more-important-than-life-the-underground-archive-of-the-warsaw-ghetto/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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SUMMARY:Online book discussion on We Share The Same SKy with Rachael Cerrotti
DESCRIPTION:Winner of the Maine Literary Award\, We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration\, is a riveting and awe-inspiring book by author and inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation\, Rachael Cerrotti. Cerrotti had always known her grandmother Hana was a Holocaust survivor\, but what she discovered – an entire archive of her life – after Hana’s passing led to an incredible journey of discovery and self-discovery.    \n\n\n\nJoin us for an online book discussion with Cerrotti as we follow her through a decade-long journey to weave together the thin threads of her family history in this masterpiece of intergenerational storytelling. \n\n\n\nRachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author\, educator\, curator\, and podcaster who works in the field of narrative nonfiction storytelling. Through an interdisciplinary practice\, she explores stories rooted in the humanity of grief and inherited memory. Her critically-acclaimed book and podcast\, WE SHARE THE SAME SKY\, tell the story of her decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother’s wartime history and is an educational resource for teachers worldwide. Rachael was the Inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation and has been a fellow with The Witness Institute and New America. She works with organizations\, institutions and individuals on storytelling projects and community programming\, and currently produces and hosts ALONG THE SEAM\, a conversational podcast about the role of the past in our present day lives. She writes a series of essays on Substack to accompany the podcast as well. Learn more at: www.rachaelcerrotti.com.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/online-book-discussion-on-we-share-the-same-sky-with-rachael-cerrotti/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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SUMMARY:Film Screening of Syberiada Polska(Siberian Exile)
DESCRIPTION:To commemorate Black Ribbon Day\, Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism you are invited to a screening of \n\n\n\nSYBERIADA POLSKA (SIBERIAN EXILE) \n\n\n\nProduced by Mirosław Słowiński over seven long\, difficult years this film depicts the fates of Poles deported to Siberia by the Soviet Union during WWII. The film portrays the harsh conditions of the Soviet labour camps (Gulags) and the struggles faced by the deportees\, highlighting themes of love\, courage\, and hope amidst adversity. It was filmed in the majestic and severe Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia\, aiming for a realistic portrayal of the era and environment. The film is in Polish with English subtitles.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-of-syberiada-polskasiberian-exile/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:A Hidden Jewish Child during the Holocaust with Armand Schmidt
DESCRIPTION:Armand Schmidt’s story is one of survival\, courage\, and resistance in the face of unthinkable danger. It is the true story of a Jewish child\, hidden in a Catholic institution during the Holocaust to escape persecution\, deportation and death. He will explore life before\, during and after World War II and the Holocaust\, using original photographs and historical documents\, pieces of memory\, alternating historical background information linked to personal and family events. \n\n\n\nArmand Schmidt is a Holocaust survivor\, who was hidden in a Catholic institution\, Institut Enfant Jésus in Belgium as a child. He is a journalist\, who is currently studying Jewish ‘lost tribes’. He has presented his incredible story of survival across the world\, and will be doing so in South Africa for the first time.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/a-hidden-jewish-child-during-the-holocaust-with-armand-schmidt/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” Session 6
DESCRIPTION: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 monthly episodes\, each centred around a survivor’s testimony about their life experiences\, this series poses the question: Are we truly listening? \n\n\n\nJoin us as we amplify stories from the Holocaust to Rwanda\, Cambodia\, and beyond\, engaging with survivors\, scholars\, and advocates who work tirelessly to preserve these legacies and inspire a more compassionate future. \n\n\n\nSrebrenica: Capturing Memories in the Face of Denial\n\n\n\nFeaturing: A survivor and memory activist Hasan Hasanović\, working at the Genocide Memorial in Srebrenica will recount their personal story as well as the process of gathering testimonies at present\, shedding light on the ongoing struggle of preserving memories amidst a culture of denial and revisionism. This session will address the challenges faced by survivors in ensuring their voices are heard and respected\, especially as they fight against misinformation and a lack of acknowledgment. Participants will discuss the impact of Srebrenica’s legacy and the critical importance of listening\, believing\, and preserving survivor stories in the face of denial. \n\n\n\nHasan Hasanović is a Srebrenica genocide survivor\, and a curator and interpreter at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center. Hasanović is the author of Surviving Srebrenica\, which tells his personal story of survival\, and he speaks frequently about his experience at academic and commemorative events worldwide. Most recently\, he headed on behalf of the Memorial Center a joint project by the Center and the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo focused on recording stories of children who survived the Srebrenica genocide. He holds a degree in Criminal Sciences from the University of Sarajevo. \n\n\n\nHasan Hasanović will be in conversation with Tali Nates\, 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)\, Conceptualising Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). South 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)\, the US Secretary of State’s International Religious Freedom Award (2023)\, and the International Network of Genocide Scholar’s Impact Award (2024).
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/echoes-across-time-voices-of-survival-and-lessons-for-our-future-session-6/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the life of Dowi Bele
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to remember and celebrate the life of our beloved colleague\, Dowi Bele.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/celebrating-the-life-of-dowi-bele/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Exhibition opening of Traces of Violence by Marcelo Brodsky
DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, Germany formally recognised the genocide of the Herero and Nama People\, committed by the German Empire in 1904-1908 in German South West Africa (now Namibia).In the course of the division of Africa by the European powers in the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885\, the German Empire acquired the right to colonise South West Africa. Colonial policy included the expulsion of the local Nama and Herero communities from their fertile land so that German colonisers and farmers could settle there. \n\n\n\nAs an artist and human rights activist\, Marcelo Brodsky believes in the importance of art in the social debate. Their ability to influence the public opinion-forming process and attract media attention. The subject of human rights violations was and is a central part of his art. \n\n\n\nBrodsky became internationally known with his work cycle “Buena Memoria” (1997) about the kidnapping of some of his classmates and his brother Fernando Brodsky by the death squads during the Argentine military dictatorship. Fernando’s body has not been found to this day. Other series of works followed\, such as “1968 The Fire of Ideas\,” “Africa Fighting for Freedom” or “Migrants.” \n\n\n\nAs part of his human rights activities\, Brodsky met the German human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck\, who came to Argentina 20 years ago to defend the cases of German citizens who have disappeared due to state terror. Kaleck is the founder and director of ECCHR (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights). This Berlin-based organisation has a team of international lawyers who work for global justice\, defend political prisoners and fight human rights violations and crimes against humanity with legal means. Wolfgang Kaleck informed Marcelo Brodsky about the case and the genocide in South West Africa. With his help\, Brodsky contacted the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation based in Namibia and offered them his collaboration to develop an art project on their case and present it in an art space in Berlin. \n\n\n\nThe photographs that Brodsky collected in archives\, agencies and universities for two years were taken by the colonists or their helpers (soldiers\, missionaries\, journalists\, etc.). They are irrefutable evidence of the brutal violence of the perpetrators. After reading Mark Sealy’s book “Decolonizing the Camera”\, which describes that every time a colonialist image is shown\, its violence is reproduced\, Brodsky decided to radically rework these images. As in his previous series of works\, Brodsky enlarges and reworks the photographs underlining the aesthetic effect of the motif by reworking the colours by hand. The beautiful becomes more beautiful\, the horror becomes more horrific. His own short text contribution\, typical of his works\, expresses the voice and point of view of the colonisers in every single coloured photo. They show violence very clearly\, which makes it rather disturbing for the viewer. \n\n\n\nThe opening will feature a presentation by Brodsky and welcome representatives of the Herero and Nama nations and organisations.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/exhibition-opening-of-traces-of-violence-by-marcelo-brodsky/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:JHGC and Issy's closed for private event
DESCRIPTION:The JHGC and Issy’s will be closed from 20-24 October for a private event. We will reopen on 25 October. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/jhgc-closed-for-private-conference/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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SUMMARY:Honouring Memory and Scholarship
DESCRIPTION:Talk and Walkabout of More Important than Life with Dr Mirjam Zadoff and the Presentation of Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria to Tali Nates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a talk and walkabout of the exhibition More Important than Life: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto with Dr Mirjam Zadoff\, director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and co-curator of the exhibition. \n\n\n\nThe event will be accompanied by the formal awarding of Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria to director and founder of the JHGC\, Tali Nates\, as well as formal remarks from the Ambassador of Austria to South Africa\, H.E. Ms Romana Königsbrun\, and a musical performance by the Austrian Duo Minerva beginning at 16:00. \n\n\n\nMore Important Than Life explores some of the artefacts and documents collected in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Oneg Shabbat\, a collective of academics\, writers\, and activists led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum\, who worked secretly to document the mass murder of European Jews as it was happening. 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/talk-and-walkabout-of-more-important-than-life-with-mirjam-zaddoff/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” Session 7
DESCRIPTION: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 monthly episodes\, each centred around a survivor’s testimony about their life experiences\, this series poses the question: Are we truly listening? \n\n\n\nJoin us as we amplify stories from the Holocaust to Rwanda\, Cambodia\, and beyond\, engaging with survivors\, scholars\, and advocates who work tirelessly to preserve these legacies and inspire a more compassionate future. \n\n\n\nFrom Tragedy to Healing: Rwanda’s Path to Restorative Justice\n\n\n\nFeaturing: Rwanda genocide survivor and Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial and Aegis Trust\, Freddy Mutanguha\, shares his powerful story of survival\, healing\, and contributing to the country’s unique journey through restorative justice. This session will examine Rwanda’s approach to rebuilding—through forgiveness\, communal healing\, and reconciliation—and the powerful lessons this path holds for the world. Freddy’s testimony provides insight into how survivors and communities alike can transform trauma into hope\, and how memory and accountability can drive long-lasting peace and understanding. \n\n\n\nFreddy Mutanguha is CEO of the Aegis Trust and Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Freddy led the development of Aegis’ peace education programme in Rwanda and is now leading Aegis’ work to take this model beyond the borders of Rwanda to areas at risk\, including the Central African Republic\, South Sudan and Kenya. Joining Aegis in 2004 during the construction of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a team leader responsible for genocide documentation\, he was appointed Country Director in 2006. Freddy is Chair of the board of Miracle Corner Rwanda\, an organisation which aims to empower the community in Rwanda by helping young people to acquire the vocational skills they need to thrive socially and economically. \n\n\n\nHe holds a master’s degree in project management from the Maastricht School of Management and trained as a teacher\, securing a bachelor’s degree in Education from the Kigali Institute of Education. He survived Rwanda’s 1994 genocide as a teenager\, and as an orphan head of household\, in 2016\, the Justice and Security Foundation declared him a Peace award winner for his outstanding contribution to peace. He is also profiled in the Atlanta Human Rights Museum as a prominent activist for human rights. \n\n\n\nHelping to found AERG\, Rwanda’s student survivors association\, Freddy went on to become vice-President of IBUKA\, the national umbrella association for Rwandan genocide survivors. He is an External Advisory Committee member of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive in Los Angeles\, and lectures internationally on the impact of the Genocide and the importance of forgiveness as way of post-conflict reconstruction. \n\n\n\nFreddy Mutanguha will be in conversation with Tali Nates\, 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)\, Conceptualising Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). South 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)\, the US Secretary of State’s International Religious Freedom Award (2023)\, and the International Network of Genocide Scholar’s Impact Award (2024).
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/echoes-across-time-voices-of-survival-and-lessons-for-our-future-session-7/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251030T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
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SUMMARY:Film screening: Letters from Brno
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the South African premiere of Letters from Brno. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be accompanied by formal remarks by Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in South Africa\, Mr. Petr Čáp\, and by writer and producer Karen Kruger. \n\n\n\nIn December\, 1976\, during a college break\, Karen learned that her mother\, Erika Stefanie Turkl (Neumann) was Jewish. This discovery marked the beginning of Karen’s insatiable curiosity about her mother’s family history and the start of a 45+ year journey to uncover her mother’s pastNicholas Winton was the British stockbroker who was responsible for arranging the Kinder transports of 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children in 1939. Erika and Daisy Turkl were 2 of the 669 “Winton’s children”. In 2009\, during a reenactment of the Winton Kindertransport from Prague to London\, Karen and her son\, Max were able to meet 100 year old Nicholas Winton and personally thank him for saving Erika’s and Daisy’s lives. \n\n\n\nJeffery Gary\, a documentary filmmaker\, learned of Karen’s project and offered to interview/film her to record her recent research trip “while it was still fresh in her mind.” During the first 2 sessions of filming\, Jeffery realized that the story of Karen’s mother’s family had all the components of a documentary film and he suggested that she consider telling the story on film first instead of writing a book.While filming the documentary\, Karen imagined how this story could be part of a curricula for Holocaust education.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-letters-from-brno/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251102T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251102T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251022T092105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T073415Z
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SUMMARY:Heroines of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a special online book launch of Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide. \n\n\n\nJoin co-editors Professor Lori Weintrob and Professor Judy Baumel-Schwartz as they introduce this groundbreaking volume\, which brings together international scholars to explore new perspectives on women’s rescue and resistance during the Holocaust\, and the Armenian and Rwandan genocides. \n\n\n\nTwo contributing authors\, both descendants of Holocaust survivors\, will also share insights from their chapters: \n\n\n\nDr Daniela Ozacky Stern delves into the often-overlooked stories of Jewish women partisans during the Holocaust\, focusing on the personal narrative of Chaya Shapira Lazar. Through her grandmother’s journey from the Vilna Ghetto to the partisan forests\, Dr Ozacky Stern illuminates the complex challenges faced by female resistance fighters navigating between traditional gender roles and revolutionary combat duties. \n\n\n\nDr Steven Meed\, son of Vladka Meed (née Feyge Peltel)\, reflects on his mother’s extraordinary courage as an 18-year-old member of the Bund’s youth organisation in Warsaw during the German invasion of 1939. Recognised for her fearlessness\, resourcefulness\, and perfect command of Polish\, Vladka was entrusted with increasingly dangerous missions on the Aryan side. After liberation\, she dedicated her life to speaking and writing—first in Yiddish—about her wartime experiences\, ensuring the memory of those who perished and survived would endure with dignity and respect. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Wagner College Holocaust Center\, the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University\, Remember the Women Institute\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/10777/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251104T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251103T080002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T080003Z
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SUMMARY:Online Roundtable: Visual Languages And Mediums Of Holocaust Literature
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging online roundtable exploring the visual languages of Holocaust literature. This discussion will examine how literary texts engage with visual elements—and how photography\, film\, art\, and other visual representations of the Holocaust have influenced and been influenced by literature. The speakers will consider a diverse range of works\, including graphic novels\, to reflect on how visual media shapes our understanding of Holocaust memory and representation. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDaniel H. Magilow: Professor of German\, University of Tennessee \n\n\n\nLynn Wolff: Associate Professor of German\, Michigan State University \n\n\n\nBrad Prager: Professor of German and Film Studies\, University of Missouri \n\n\n\nChair: \n\n\n\nMcKenna Marko: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Holocaust Literature\, University of Leeds \n\n\n\nThis event forms part of the ongoing series featuring original research from the forthcoming Cambridge History of Holocaust Literature\, presented by the project Rethinking Holocaust Literature: Contexts\, Canons\, and Circulations. \n\n\n\nLearn more: Rethinking Holocaust Literature: Public Engagement Programme
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/online-roundtable-visual-languages-and-mediums-of-holocaust-literature/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251109T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251027T121524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251109T085656Z
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SUMMARY:87th Commemoration of the November Pogrom
DESCRIPTION: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). \n\n\n\nThe commemoration will include formal remarks\, a candle lighting ceremony\, a performance by violinist Sharon De Kock\, a screening of the film Das Tagebuch Der Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank) (2016)\, followed by a keynote address from director Hans Steinbichler. \n\n\n\nHans Steinbichler was born in Solothurn\, Switzerland\, and grew up near Lake Chiemsee. He lives in Munich with his family. \n\n\n\nSteinbichler’s graduation film Hierankl (HFF Munich) marked his debut and earned numerous awards\, including the Förderpreis Deutscher Film (2003)\, the Bavarian Film Prize\, and the Grimme Gold Award for script and directing. \n\n\n\nHis second feature\, Winterreise (2006)\, opened the Munich Film Festival and was nominated for the German Film Prize for Best Film\, with Josef Bierbichler receiving the Best Actor Lola. \n\n\n\nIn 2008\, Steinbichler directed The Second Woman\, starring Matthias Brandt and Monika Bleibtreu\, the official German contribution to the Toronto Film Festival. The film earned him another Grimme Prize for directing and was released in French cinemas. \n\n\n\nIn 2010\, he directed Blue of the Sky\, featuring Juliane Köhler and Hannelore Elsner\, which won the Bavarian Film Prize (2011) for Best Picture. He subsequently directed several acclaimed episodes of Polizeiruf 110 with Matthias Brandt\, garnering multiple awards including the German Television Award. \n\n\n\nFrom 2013 to 2015\, Steinbichler served as Professor of Directing at the Cologne International Film School. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, his feature Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank) premiered at the Berlinale\, followed by a nationwide release. The film earned Steinbichler the German Director Award Metropolis\, while lead actress Lea van Acken received the Bavarian Film Prize. That same year\, he was appointed a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. \n\n\n\nHis next feature\, An Unheard Woman (2016)\, starring Rosalie Thomass\, won the One Future Prize at the Munich Film Festival\, the German Television Award (2018)\, and the Grimme Prize (2018). \n\n\n\nIn 2017\, Steinbichler directed the ZDF historical mini-series Walpurgisnacht\, filmed in Prague and the Czech Republic\, followed by Hannes (2021)\, based on the novel by Rita Falk. \n\n\n\nIn 2020/2021\, he co-directed the third season of Das Boot for Sky\, filmed in Prague and Malta\, released in spring 2022. \n\n\n\nMost recently\, Steinbichler completed A Whole Life (2023)\, an adaptation of the acclaimed novel set in the Alps. The film has been a major box-office success and received multiple nominations for German and Austrian film awards.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/87th-commemoration-of-the-november-pogrom/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251116T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251116T223000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251113T084558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T101024Z
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SUMMARY:Talking Memory Opening Event for "Fanny's Journey"
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a special online Talking Memory opening event for the new exhibition Fanny’s Journey. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate this moving exhibition that brings to life the experiences of Fanny Ben Ami through her expressive and powerful drawings. Fanny’s Journey tells the extraordinary story of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who was born in Germany\, grew up in France\, and—after the rise of Nazism—found herself responsible for leading a group of Jewish children to safety. The exhibition presents the artworks she created later in life\, accompanied by short excerpts from her testimony\, illuminating one young girl’s courage\, responsibility\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nThe programme will feature: \n\n\n\nOpening RemarksProfessor Aryeh Barnea will reflect on the critical work of the OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants – the Children’s Aid Society)\, the underground rescue network that saved thousands of Jewish children—including Fanny—by sheltering them in children’s homes\, placing them with foster families\, or helping them escape across borders. \n\n\n\nGuest SpeakersLilach Efraim\, curator of Fanny’s Journey\, will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the exhibition.Greta Barak\, archivist at the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, will present a selection of OSE documents from the archive that help contextualise the story of Fanny and the children she helped lead to freedom. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, and Yad LaYeled France.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/talking-memory-opening-event-for-fannys-journey/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251127T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251113T104429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T104430Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: It Always Seems Impossible
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring book launch with James Urdang\, Founder and CEO of Education Africa\, of his new memoir\, It Always Seems Impossible: My fight to build and save Education Africa. With a foreword from the Nelson Mandela Foundation and a cover endorsement from Sir Bob Geldof\, who calls it “a powerful account from a genuine African hero. Inspiring\, urgent\, and true”\, the book tells the story of how one man’s determination to use education as a tool for social justice transformed thousands of lives – and how that work was nearly destroyed by corporate misconduct. \n\n\n\nUrdang traces his journey from being a school underachiever diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia to founding Education Africa\, a grassroots organisation that has opened educational opportunities for disadvantaged South Africans. Mentored by Walter Sisulu\, entrusted by Nelson Mandela\, and supported by figures such as Helen Suzman and Dr Aggrey Klaaste\, he built ambitious programmes ranging from the world’s largest national Model UN initiative to large-scale marimba training and early childhood development projects. The memoir also exposes a shocking battle with a global bank that brought Education Africa to its knees\, and the role anti-corruption campaigner Lord Peter Hain played in challenging this injustice. At its heart\, the book is a testament to resilience\, accountability\, and the power of education to change lives. \n\n\n\nAbout James UrdangJames Urdang is an award-winning humanitarian\, social entrepreneur\, and sought-after motivational speaker. For more than three decades he has worked to create meaningful educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities across Africa. He has collaborated closely with Nelson Mandela\, spoken at the funeral of Chris Hani\, and continues to advocate for equity\, dignity\, and transformation through education.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/book-launch-it-always-seems-impossible/
LOCATION:Issy’s Coffee & Gift Shop\, 1 Duncombe Road\, Forest Town\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251130T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251130T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251119T101329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T101647Z
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SUMMARY:A Contrarian’s Tale: Reflecting on Henry Greenspan’s REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a special Talking Memory book launch event \n\n\n\nA Contrarian’s Tale: Reflecting on Henry Greenspan’s REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors \n\n\n\nSunday\, 30 November 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks:Prof. Debórah Dwork \n\n\n\nGuest Author:Prof. Henry Greenspan \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to a special Talking Memory webinar marking the launch of Henry Greenspan’s new book\, REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors. The programme will begin with opening remarks by Prof. Debórah Dwork\, followed by a conversation with Prof. Greenspan about his decades of work and his reflections on Holocaust testimony as sustained\, evolving dialogues. Greenspan will also present a short live performance of an excerpt from REMNANTS. \n\n\n\nThis event opens the new series\, Conversations that Endure: In the Footsteps of Henry Greenspan and Dori Laub. \n\n\n\nFor more than fifty years\, Henry Greenspan—psychologist\, playwright\, and pioneering oral historian—has been listening to\, learning from\, and engaging in deep conversation with Holocaust survivors. His work has reshaped understandings of survivor accounts\, highlighting how testimony emerges through collaboration\, trust\, and survivors’ own active choices shaped by the contexts in which they speak. \n\n\n\nIn REMNANTS and What Remains\, Greenspan brings together powerful moments from a lifetime of encounters\, illuminating both survivors’ lived experiences and the complex ethical and emotional questions that arise in the work of remembrance. The book also explores the question of what remains after profound loss: survivors’ loss of a world; Greenspan’s loss of his survivor-partners; and\, as survivors near the end of their lives\, their own diverse and often unexpected views of their “legacies”. \n\n\n\nThis webinar offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from Henry Greenspan as he reflects on the evolution of his work\, the individuals who shaped it\, and the continued relevance of these conversations in a world marked by both past and present catastrophes. \n\n\n\nYou are invited to watch REMNANTS (45-minute performance video) prior to the event:https://youtu.be/Vty8b_euk-k \n\n\n\nRegister here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZlO3XmsJTCyFH79Jj4PNNQ \n\n\n\nTime:2 PM EST | 8 PM CET | 9 PM SAST | 9 PM Israel Time \n\n\n\nThis programme is co-sponsored by the Jean and Shimuel Frankel Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan\, the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute\, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/a-contrarians-tale-reflecting-on-henry-greenspans-remnants-and-what-remains-moments-from-a-life-among-holocaust-survivors/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251207T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251207T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251125T123252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T094127Z
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SUMMARY:12th South Africa-Poland Heritage Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Polish Association of Siberian Deportees in Southeast Africa is collaborating with the Sybir Memorial Museum and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. Join us for the 12th conference to launch a series of posters depicting the lived experiences of Polish Siberian Deportees – Sybir – Prison of Nations. The recent unveiling of the memorial to the Oudtshoorn Polish WWII refugees and the Oudtshoorn Polish Heritage Trail will also be discussed. \n\n\n\nOpening statements will be made by Mr Jacek Chorodowicz\, head of the Polish Mission in Pretoria. Recorded presentations will be from Mr Wojciech Śleszyński\, Director of the Sybir Memorial Museum\, Museum historian Mr Tomas Danilecki and Ms Julita Waś\, Museum’s international business development manager. Stefan Szewczuk will launch the posters on behalf of the Sybir Memorial Museum.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/12th-south-africa-poland-heritage-conference/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251214T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251214T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251119T102833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T124231Z
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SUMMARY:Listening as Witnessing: Dori Laub and the Creation of the Fortunoff Archive
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to the Talking Memory series \n\n\n\nConversations that Endure: In the Footsteps of Henry Greenspan and Dori Laub \n\n\n\nListening as Witnessing: Dori Laub and the Creation of the Fortunoff Archive \n\n\n\nSunday\, 14 December 2025 \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks:Stephen Naron\, Director\, Fortunoff Archive \n\n\n\nGuest Filmmaker:Ohad Ufaz \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to the second programme in the Talking Memory series\, honouring the legacy of Dori Laub — psychoanalyst\, Holocaust survivor\, and co-founder of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. The event will open with remarks by Stephen Naron\, who will reflect on Laub’s pioneering contributions and lasting influence on testimony and trauma studies. Following these remarks\, filmmaker Ohad Ufaz will present and discuss the documentary The Listener\, co-directed by Ufaz and Micha Livne\, which offers a moving exploration of Laub’s life and his profound commitment to listening — conceived as an act of empathy and a bridge between past and present\, memory and witness. \n\n\n\nA pre-screening of The Listener will be made available to all registrants. \n\n\n\nRegister here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9V1GcaeFRZqp8GFd3RWIWw \n\n\n\nTime:2 PM EST | 8 PM CET | 9 PM SAST | 9 PM Israel Time \n\n\n\nThis programme is presented in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, and Classrooms Without Borders.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/listening-as-witnessing-dori-laub-and-the-creation-of-the-fortunoff-archive/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251225T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251215T114223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T114224Z
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SUMMARY:Please note the JHGC and Issy's are closed on 25 and 26 December
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URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/please-note-the-jhgc-and-issys-are-closed-on-25-and-26-december/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260101T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260102T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T184319
CREATED:20251215T114308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T114309Z
UID:10854-1767254400-1767373200@jhbholocaust.co.za
SUMMARY:Please note the JHGC and Issy's are closed on 1 and 2 January 2026
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URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/please-note-the-jhgc-and-issys-are-closed-on-1-and-2-january-2026/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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