• Jewish Forced Labour in Romania, 1940-1944

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    Join us for a webinar on Jewish Forced Labour in Romania, 1940-1944 as part of our new series on the Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust:  Filling in the Gaps The third programme in the series will focus on Jewish forced labour in Romania during the Holocaust.  Between 1941 and 1944, more than 100,000 Romanian Jews […]

  • Closed Event for members only: The legalities behind the crimes: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide

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    The JHGC invites members to this informative workshop, facilitated by the JHGC Education and Research Specialist, Dr Mispa Roux. She will explore the legal definitions and various elements of the three core international crimes listed in the title. Against the backdrop of international criminal law, Dr Roux will draw on examples of prosecution efforts at […]

  • Survival Strategies of Children:  The Case of Jewish Orphans in Transnistria

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    Join us for a webinar on Survival Strategies of Children:  The Case of Jewish Orphans in Transnistria, the fourth programme in our series the Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust:  Filling in the Gaps  This programme will focus on the experiences of Jewish children during the Holocaust. The study of children is a history in microcosm:  it is the story of the Holocaust as seen […]

  • In Conversation with Providence Nkurunziza

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    Join us for a webinar in honour of the 100 Days of Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Providence Nkurunziza is an author, speaker, an advocate for women and children, and a Commissioner at the Texas Holocaust Genocide and Antisemitism Advisory Commission. Five of her siblings and her parents, along with […]

  • Holocaust Public Memory in Post-Communist Romania

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    Join us for a webinar on Holocaust Public Memory in Post-Communist Romania, the fifth and final programme in our series the Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust:  Filling in the Gaps  Our first speaker, Dr. Ana Bărbulescu, will introduce our audience to the inconsistency that characterises the public memory of the Holocaust within the Romanian society, focusing on […]

  • The Peak of Murder at Auschwitz: 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of Jews from Hungary

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    Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for a webinar with Paweł Sawicki from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum The Peak of Murder at Auschwitz: 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of Jews from Hungary   This webinar will explore how during eight weeks of 1944, some 420,000 Jews from Hungary - men, women, and children - […]

  • Museums and Memorials as Healing Spaces with Prof Carla Sofka

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

    Based on observations and experiences as a volunteer with 9/11 artefacts and research conducted at various museums and memorials related to historic events involving tragedy, this presentation will describe how […]

  • Closed members only event: In Conversation with Dr Stephen D. Smith

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

    Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for an exclusive volunteer and member's only event: In Conversation with Dr. Stephen D. Smith is a speaker, scholar, author, and creative who […]