• Wartime Commemoration of the Iasi Pogrom

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    Wartime Commemoration of the Iasi Pogrom: Yitzhak Benditer's Synagogue Memorial Plaques and The Iasi Pogrom One of the Most Brutal Chapters in the History of Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust […]

  • Curating and Graphic Novels

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

    Curating and Graphic Novels: Using approachable media in curating forced labour and the Holocaust with Professor Ruth Leiserowitz The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the German Historical Institute in […]

  • The Demjanjuk Affair in Israel: Remember to Forget

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

    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 […]

  • Opening of Chayela Rosenthal: Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto Theatre

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

    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 […]

  • Jewish Studies and the Holocaust

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    The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry, 6th programme: Jewish Studies and the Holocaust “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that will engage with scholars and […]

  • Vatengesi – Hannah’s Dance

    Goethe-Institut 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, South Africa

    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. […]

  • Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust

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    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 […]