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 has dedicated his career to preserving the memories of Holocaust and genocide survivors through innovative technologies. He is a co-founder of the Aegis Trust and […]

“The Son of a Survivor”: Luc Albinski in conversation with Rob Katz

The Base 32 Sunny Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

The JHGC in partnership with the BASE presents Luc Albinski in conversation with Rob Katz: "The Son of a Survivor" The story and perspective of the son of Warsaw ghetto survivor Wanda Albinski and grandson of Dr. Halina Rotstein, murdered in Treblinka. Register here 

Opening Concert of the Still Searching for Memory and Justice Conference

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

Join us for the opening concert of the Still Searching for Memory and Justice Conference featuring a variety of performances commemorating and celebrating through music from South Africa, Rwanda, and the Holocaust. Artists include Leigh Nudelman, Music is a Great Investment trio (MIAGI), Adriana Altaras, Music for Humanity Collaboration directed by Jazz Against Apartheid, Prince […]

Still Searching for Memory and Justice Conference

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

In 1998, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, together with Yale's Schell Center for International Human Rights, held an international conference titled Searching for Memory and Justice, a groundbreaking effort to examine the commonalities and differences between the work of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa and efforts to document witnesses of the […]

Fearless Females Monday Reading Club

Issy's Coffee & Gift Shop 1 Duncombe Road, Forest Town, South Africa

Join us for a social book club that reflects the values of the space: memory, education, dialogue, and lessons for humanity. This month's theme is Fearless Females. RSVP to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za

Film screening of Memory is Our Homeland

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

August 23 is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism created by the European Parliament in 2008. This day is also the day on which in 1939 the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed. A Pact that allowed for Germany under Hitler and Soviet Union under Stalin to divide much of Europe. To […]

Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide featuring Wolf Gruner Resisters. How Ordinary Jews fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany

Online

Join us for the next installment in the webinar series Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide featuring Wolf Gruner   Wolf Gruner: Resisters: How Ordinary Jews fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany   Wolf Gruner holds the Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies, is Professor of History at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles […]

Restoring Roots: Reclaiming Polish, Lithuanian and German Citizenship with Eva Hussain

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

Eastern Europe once had one of the world's largest Jewish communities, now among the smallest. Its history reflects vibrant pre-war life, the devastation of war, post-war antisemitism, and emigration. Since the 1970s, descendants have returned, seeking traces of this lost world. This trend grew as Eastern European nations joined the EU, spurring interest in reclaiming […]

Colonial Violence, the Holocaust, and Contested Politics of Memory in Germany with Prof Carola Lentz

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

Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg for a talk on Colonial Violence, the Holocaust, and Contested Politics of Memory in Germany with Prof Carola Lentz   In which direction should German state policies of memory develop? What is the future of Holocaust remembrance in an increasingly multi-ethnic, post-migrant society and […]

Film screening of Family Treasures Lost & Found and virtual Q&A

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

Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and Rosa Luxemberg Foundation for a film screening of Family Treasures Lost & Found   This documentary tracks journalist Karen A. Frenkel investigates her parents’ unspoken WWII stories. She knew little about their lives before and during the Holocaust, but her detective work leads to astonishing revelations of […]

Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Asya Darbinyan: The Remarkable Resilience of the Armenian Genocide Refugees

Online

The event is on 25 September at 8pm SAST Join us for the next instalment in the webinar series Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Asya Darbinyan   The Remarkable Resilience of the Armenian Genocide Refugees The Armenian genocide—orchestrated and systematically implemented by the Ottoman government against its Armenian subjects under the […]

Exhibition opening: The Righteous Among the Nations

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

29 September at 15:00 Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria for the opening of the new temporary exhibition, The Righteous Among the Nations. The opening will include formal remarks from Ambassador of the Czech Republic to South Africa Ambassador Tomáš Uličný, a presentation by Zuzana […]