Jewish Studies and the Holocaust
OnlineThe 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 […]
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Vatengesi – Hannah’s Dance
Goethe-Institut 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, South AfricaThis 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 […]
Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust
OnlineWe 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 […]
Gendering the Holocaust with Prof Andrea Pető
Online“The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore […]
From Darkness to Freedom: Honouring the 80th Anniversary of the Courageous Tunnel Escape from the Novogrudok Ghetto
OnlineOn September 26, 1943 about 230 Jews accomplished a daring escape from the Novogrudok (Navardok) labor camp in Belarus (White Russia) via an underground tunnel dug by the inmates over […]
Museums and Memorials with Dr Mirjam Zadoff
OnlineHolocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry series: Memory Studies: Museums and Memorials with Dr Mirjam Zadoff “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8 part series that engages with scholars […]
Commemorating the Iasi Pogrom: Lessons and Remembrance 82 years later
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaYou are invited to a special commemoration of the June 1941 lasi Pogrom. The programme will feature testimony by lasi pogrom survivor, Lyonell Fliss, as well as a conversation with […]
A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust
Online“Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis Session 1: A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark […]
Book Launch of Comrade King
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaPlease join Khulu Radebe and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for the launch of their book, Comrade King, which will include a conversation between Khulu […]
Book launch of Catastrophic Grief, Trauma and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaThis book describes the narratives of child Holocaust survivors and their experiences of complex trauma, complicated bereavement, ageing, resilience and existential loneliness. The work is unique in that it describes […]
10th Annual South Africa-Poland-Heritage Conference
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaThe Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in collaboration with the Association of Siberian Deportees, Sol Plaatje University, and the Embassy of Poland in South Africa invite you to the 10th […]
Sub-Saharan Africans and the Holocaust by Prof Edward Kissi
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaThe Holocaust was a catastrophe for its direct Jewish victims in Europe. For the non-Jewish and non-European “distant observers” of the Holocaust in sub-Saharan Africa, the Nazi anti-Jewish campaign in […]