The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre invites you to a participatory workshop to open the exhibition Sweet Home Sweet. In 1942, Richard Ores buried a jar of photographs in the ground at Płaszów Concentration Camp. After the war, he dug it up. The photographs had survived. The exhibition traces the Ores family across generations, geographies, […]
Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe with the Author Matti Friedman The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to a special Talking Memory conversation marking the launch of Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe. In 1944, a group of young Jewish men and women – having escaped Europe – made the decision […]
Join a free community Breathwork session in partnership with ELTIAR Wellness and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre holds space for remembrance, reflection and dialogue around histories of genocide and human rights. Grounded in reflection, the breathwork session invites participants to pause and reconnect – with themselves and with […]
The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to a special Talking Memory programme marking the 80th anniversary of the "Zivia Conference" at Kibbutz Yagur: Testimony, Resistance, and Remembrance. In June 1946, Zivia Lubetkin stood before the United Kibbutz Movement at Kibbutz Yagur and delivered her testimony. A leader of the Jewish underground in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and […]
To commemorate the 100 days of remembrance of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung invite you to an online screening of Après Coup (Afterwards), followed by a with director Susan Solomon. Après Coup explores the persistence of trauma among adults who survived genocide as […]
Join us for a thought-provoking book talk on The Hour of Revenge, a powerful historical study that re-examines the immediate aftermath of the Second World War through the lived experiences of Polish Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. In this session, we will explore how the emotional landscape of post-war Europe was shaped not only by […]
Join us for an inside view of the new European Union project, European Sites of Holocaust Memory (ESHEM), with Tali Nates - who serves on its steering committee. ESHEM is the network safeguarding the Holocaust's historical sites for research, education and commemoration. Attendees will also be given unique insights into our two temporary exhibitions, and […]
Ten years after the passing of Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), one of the most influential Holocaust survivors and moral voices of the twentieth century, the Talking Memory International Lecture Series invites you to a special programme exploring his life, legacy, and enduring impact on Holocaust memory and contemporary moral discourse. The programme will open with remarks […]
The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a special Talking Memory programme marking the launch of Dr. Shay Pilnik’s book, The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War. Our first speaker is Prof. Elissa Bemporad. Drawing on the long history of Jewish life in the lands of present-day Ukraine, […]
To mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of Anikó (Anna) Szenes, please join us for the international online book launch of The Three Graves of Anna Szenes: Memory and Body Politics in Hungary and Israel This volume seeks answers to the question of why Anikó Szenes (1921–1944), a Jewish girl born and assimilated in Budapest who […]
Join us for an afternoon with Holocaust survivor Lyonell Fliss, who will share his story and reflect on the theme of neighbours. This Lunch & Learn marks the closing of our temporary exhibition Some Were Neighbours, which features Lyonell's own story and photographs. Afterwards, you are warmly invited to stay for lunch at Issy's Coffee […]
A Talk by Dr David Simon 17:30 for 18:00 The rise of AI-generated and enhanced mass violence materials – often (mis)using recorded testimonies that are central to historical memory and social repair – presents a crisis for mass atrocity memory. While AI could revolutionise the field of memorialisation, it also risks amplifying distorted and denialist […]