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SUMMARY:Closed Workshop: Teaching and Learning about Genocide
DESCRIPTION:The complexity of history and memories of Auschwitz \nWhen we talk about Auschwitz today as a memorial site we need to remember that this is a place where many different memories coexist. This is the result of a very complex history of the German Nazi camp. Initially the prisoners and victims of the camp were Poles. Among its prisoners were also Jews\, Roma\, Soviet POWs and prisoners of other nationalities and minorities. From 1942 the camp became one of the places of the extermination of European Jews and Roma People. Most of the Jews deported to Auschwitz were murdered in gas chambers immediately after arrival. The presentation will discuss different aspects of Auschwitz as a site important to many different groups of people\, as well as present new research done by the historians of the Museum about crucial aspects of development of the camp and its two functions: concentration camp and an extermination centre. \nWhen we talk about Auschwitz today as a memorial site we need to remember that this is a place where many different memories coexist. This is the result of a very complex history of the German Nazi camp. The presentation will discuss different aspects of Auschwitz as a site important to many different groups of people\, as well as present new research done by the historians of the Museum about crucial aspects of development of the camp and its two functions: concentration camp and an extermination centre. \n Pawel Sawicki \nPaweł Sawicki\, a press officer & educator at the Auschwitz Memorial.  He is responsible for the social media activity of the Memorial that is followed on different platforms by over 2 million people. The editor-in-chief of the monthly online magazine Memoria & coordinator of the “Auschwitz. Not far away. Not long ago” exhibition project on behalf of the Museum. Co-author of the “On Auschwitz” podcast & author of the photo album “Auschwitz-Birkenau. The place where you are standing…” that compares 1944 images from Auschwitz II-Birkenau with the authentic site of the Memorial today. A photographer and a former radio journalist. For several years in Polish Radio 2 he authored a documentary feature series “Auschwitz – between crime and sanctity” that used the audio testimonies from the Auschwitz Memorial Archives. \n– \nTeaching about Genocide and Propaganda: A Conversation on Pedagogical Tools and Strategies\nThis interactive workshop will draw upon primary sources and scientific research that demonstrates how propaganda during war and conflict is used to create a culture of fear and paranoia that can escalate to mass violence. During the workshop we will analyse how propaganda’s clear messages promise clarity\, relevance\, and benefits\, while dehumanising the target population. Participants will have the opportunity to both learn the material and explore a variety of pedagogical tools including hands-on and application-centred classroom activities that keep students engaged and impacted with the content. Participants will walk away with a clear understanding of how to share the knowledge learned\, equipped with pedagogical tools and strategies to teach students about the role of propaganda in genocide. \nNicole Fox \nNicole Fox\, Ph.D.\, research centres on how racial and ethnic contention impacts communities\, including how remembrances of adversity shape social change\, collective memory and present-day social movements.  She is a professor of criminal justice at California State University Sacramento where she teaches about atrocity crimes\, mass incarceration\, global criminology and law. Her 2021 book\, After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Genocide\, focuses on how memorials to past atrocity shape healing\, community development and reconciliation for survivors of genocide and genocidal rape. Her most recent project examines bystander intervention\, with an emphasis on individuals who conducted acts of rescue during times of social unrest and political violence.  Her scholarship has been published in Social Problems\, Signs\, Social Forces\, Deviant Behavior\, the Journal for Scientific Study of Religion\, Sociological Forum\, Societies without borders\, among others. Her work has generously been supported by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Grant\, the National Science Foundation\, Andrew Mellon Foundation\, University of New Hampshire’s Prevention Innovation Research Center\, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion\, Society for the Study of Social Problems and the American Sociological Society’s Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline and others. She also serves on the United Nations Economic and Social Council and contributes to the UN Commission for the Status of Women held annually at the UN headquarters. 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/closed-workshop-teaching-and-learning-about-genocide/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230302T173000
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SUMMARY:Seeing Auschwitz Walkabout with Paweł Sawicki
DESCRIPTION:Paweł Sawicki is a press officer and an educator at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Memorial.  He is responsible for the Memorial’s social media\, which is followed by over 2 million people on different platforms. He is also the editor-in-chief of the monthly online magazine Memoria & coordinator of the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago\, Not Far Away” exhibition project on behalf of the Museum. Sawicki is the co-host of the “On Auschwitz” podcast\, and creator of the photo album “Auschwitz-Birkenau. The place where you are standing…” that compares 1944 images from Auschwitz II-Birkenau with the authentic site of the Memorial today. He is a photographer and a former radio journalist\, having worked for several years on Polish Radio 2 and created a documentary feature series “Auschwitz – between crime and sanctity” that used the audio testimonies from the Auschwitz Memorial Archives. \nBooking essential to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/seeing-auschwitz-walkabout-with-pawel-sawicki/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230302T210000
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SUMMARY:The Symbolism of Auschwitz with Paweł Sawicki
DESCRIPTION:Auschwitz is not only a Memorial Site. It is also a significant element of our civilisation. The word Auschwitz has become a distinctive symbol of terror\, genocide and the Shoah. It became a synonym for the greatest fall of humanity’s value system. The presentation will delve into the complex history of the camp and its contemporary role as a symbol of the crimes committed during the war. It will examine the ongoing efforts of the Memorial created in 1947 to preserve the site as a historical monument and educate future generations about the dangers of hateful ideologies and the need for moral responsibility. In addition to showing the most important element of the mission of the Memorial\, the presentation will also discuss the challenges of social media and new technologies in the work of such a sensitive and important site. \nPaweł Sawicki is a press officer and an educator at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Memorial.  He is responsible for the Memorial’s social media\, which is followed by over 2 million people on different platforms. He is also the editor-in-chief of the monthly online magazine Memoria & coordinator of the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago\, Not Far Away” exhibition project on behalf of the Museum. Sawicki is the co-host of the “On Auschwitz” podcast\, and creator of the photo album “Auschwitz-Birkenau. The place where you are standing…” that compares 1944 images from Auschwitz II-Birkenau with the authentic site of the Memorial today. He is a photographer and a former radio journalist\, having worked for several years on Polish Radio 2 and created a documentary feature series “Auschwitz – between crime and sanctity” that used the audio testimonies from the Auschwitz Memorial Archives. \nBooking essential to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-symbolism-of-auschwitz-with-pawel-sawicki/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230303T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230303T120000
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SUMMARY:The JHGC Book Club
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-jhgc-book-club/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230312T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230312T220000
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SUMMARY:Betrayed: Child Sex Abuse and the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Dr. Beverley Chalmers \nAlthough rarely mentioned\, sexual assault of children during the Holocaust occurred far more often than we would like to acknowledge. Children were sexually abused in ghettos\, camps\, on transit trains\, while in hiding\, and even when sent to safety outside Europe. They were betrayed by the Nazis\, their rescuers\, their peers\, by those who discounted their experiences after the war\, and by Holocaust scholars who do not acknowledge these events and prefer to keep this a closely guarded secret. The challenges involved in studying child sex abuse during the Holocaust will be addressed. Issues relating to maintaining confidentiality\, and the value of testimony if it is not made available for study\, will be considered. Seeking methods that allow researchers to access and report on such sensitive testimonies remains an essential task if we are to acknowledge the full extent of women’s and children’s lives and honour their experiences. \nThis programme is in partnership with the Remember the Women Institute\, Women in the Holocaust – International Study Center (MORESHET)\, Wagner College Holocaust Center\, Classrooms Without Borders\, Rabin Chair Forum Washington University\, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/betrayed-child-sex-abuse-and-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230314T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230314T210000
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SUMMARY:82nd Commemoration of the Jewish Deportation to Mauritius
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in partnership with the Beau Bassin Jewish Detainees Memorial & Information Centre\, the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Ghetto Fighters House invite you to join us online for the 82nd Commemoration of the deportation of Jews to Mauritius. \nThe official programme includes a keynote address delivered by Ghetto Fighters House Archive Manager\, Anat Bratman-Elhalel on the Mauritius Exile Collection\, a short testimony by Shlomo Handel\, and a candle lighting ceremony. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/82nd-commemoration-of-the-jewish-deportation-to-mauritius/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230315T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230315T153000
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SUMMARY:Guided Tour of "Seeing Auschwitz" Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Book your free guided tour with dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za or by calling 011 640 3100 to book your spot! \nThis 90-minute guided tour is free of charge.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/guided-tour-of-seeing-auschwitz-exhibition/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230321T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230321T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T212006
CREATED:20230313T125154Z
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SUMMARY:Guided Tour of Exhibition "Seeing Auschwitz"
DESCRIPTION:Book your free guided tour with dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za or by calling 011 640 3100 to book your spot! \nThis 90-minute guided tour is free of charge.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/guided-tour-of-exhibition-seeing-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230322T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230322T210000
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SUMMARY:An evening with Simon Sebag Montefiore
DESCRIPTION:  \nJonathan Ball Publishers and The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre invite you to an evening with Simon Sebag Montefiore. The acclaimed historian and bestselling author of Stalin: The Court Of The Red Tsar\, Jerusalem: The Biography\, Young Stalin and The Romanovs\, will be in conversation with author and journalist\, Terry Shakinovsky\, to discuss his latest book The World: A Family History. The story of humanity from prehistory to the present day\, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. \nSimon Sebag Montefiore is a bestselling writer whose books have been published in forty-eight languages and who has won prizes for both his history and novels. He is the author of the acclaimed Moscow Trilogy of novels Sashenka\, Red Sky at Noon\, and One Night in Winter. One Night in Winter won the Political Novel of the Year Prize (UK) and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize (UK). Catherine the Great and Potemkin  was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson\, Duff Cooper\, and Marsh Biography Prizes. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the Costa Biography Award (UK)\, the LA Times Book Prize for Biography (US)\, Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique (France) and the Kreisky Prize for Political Literature (Austria). Jerusalem: The Biography was number one non-fiction Sunday Times bestseller and a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council (US). It also won the Wen Jin Prize in China awarded by the National Library of China\, and to date\, the book has sold almost 600\,000 copies in Chinese. The Romanovs\, 1613-1918 has been a bestseller all over the world including being a New York Times top ten bestseller\, and won Lupicaia del Terriccio Literature Prize (Italy). His latest book is The World: a Family History. \nHe has written and presented five BBC TV series on Jerusalem\, Rome\, Istanbul (‘Byzantium: a tale of three cities’)\, Spain (‘Blood and Gold’) and Vienna. He read history at Gonville and Caius College\, Cambridge University\, where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Visiting Professor of Humanities at the University of Buckingham\, he lives in London. Dr Montefiore regularly lectures around the world on history\, Russia and the Middle East\, and on subjects such as leadership and revolution. \nRSVP essential to dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/an-evening-with-simon-sebag-montefiore/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230323T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230323T223000
DTSTAMP:20260429T212006
CREATED:20230306T102217Z
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SUMMARY:Achieving Legal Accountability for WWII Nazi Crimes
DESCRIPTION:“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 the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nEli M. Rosenbaum\, will be talking about some of his experiences prosecuting Nazis in the US. He will explore some of the challenges with which the US Department of Justice has had to deal\, such as finding documents\, witnesses\, and more; years and decades after the crimes were committed\, in another country and continent. \nEli M. Rosenbaum is the longest serving investigator and prosecutor of Nazi war criminals and other human rights violators in world history. Since 2010\, he has served as Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP). \nIn June 2022\, he was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to serve concurrently as Counselor for War Crimes Accountability\, tasked with coordinating efforts across the Justice Department and with other federal agencies and authorities abroad to hold accountable persons responsible for war crimes and other atrocities committed in Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked invasion. Those efforts are spearheaded by DOJ’s newly created War Crimes Accountability Team\, which he heads and which draws on the extensive expertise of HRSP staff\, supplemented by contributions of professionals in other Justice Department components. A veteran 37-year Justice Department prosecutor\, Rosenbaum served initially as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI)\, eventually serving as OSI’s Director from 1995 to 2010\, when OSI was merged into the newly created HRSP. OSI was responsible for identifying\, investigating\, and taking legal action against perpetrators of World War II-era Nazi crimes of persecution\, and its mission was later expanded to include persons complicit in human rights crimes committed in post-WWII conflicts. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\, where he earned undergraduate and MBA degrees\, and Harvard Law School. He has received numerous awards for his work\, including the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award and the “Heroes in Blue” award of the Anti-Defamation League. \nDr. Tamir Hod will explore the Israel Police Unit for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes – Holocaust Survivors’ Legal Retribution. In 1958\, the Central Office of Judicial Administration for the investigation of Nazi crimes was established in Germany. Documenting the actions of Nazi criminals in preparation for their trial brought the bureau’s representatives to contact the Israeli Police in order to help them gather evidence from Holocaust survivors residing in the country. Consequently\, a police unit was needed to deal with the increasing number of inquiries from Germany. For that purpose\, the unit for the investigation of Nazi crimes was established in the Israeli Police. Two years later\, Adolf Eichmann was captured and brought to Israel. This event deeply affected the sentiments of Israeli society toward the Holocaust. One of the impacts was Holocaust survivors who contacted the unit requesting to provide their testimonies. \nMany of the appeals included names of Nazi criminals who could potentially be located and prosecuted. The special police unit comprised almost completely of Holocaust survivors. The survivors played an important role in collecting and documenting the historical records available to us today. Many of the unit members had lost their families in the Holocaust. It may be conjectured that they sought vengeance upon those who committed the crimes. Nonetheless\, if indeed they had such feelings\, they were translated into long hours of detailed legal work that would lead to proper legal procedures through which it would be possible to bring the perpetrators to justice. \nDr. Tamir Hod is a historian in the field of World War II and the Holocaust\, as well as the impact of Holocaust remembrance on Israeli society. The topic of his doctoral thesis was the Demjanjuk trial case in Israel\, under the guidance of Prof. Hanna Yablonka. Dr. Hod researched the role the Ukrainian collaborators played in the Treblinka extermination camp. These days\, Tamir is working on a book about the Nazi Crimes Investigations Unit in the Israeli Police. The unit\, which was founded in 1960\, was mainly composed of Holocaust survivors and contributed greatly to various trials in different places around the world against Nazi criminals and their collaborators. Dr. Tamir Hod teaches at Tel Hai Academic College and Western Galilee Academic College. \nThis programme is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Generations of the Shoah\, and Liberation75. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/achieving-legal-accountability-for-wwii-nazi-crimes/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230326T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230326T213000
DTSTAMP:20260429T212006
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SUMMARY:Victimisation of Jewish Women Survivors by their Soviet Liberators
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Eglitis’s lecture discusses the occurrence of sexual violence during the liberation\, specifically the assaults carried out by Soviet Army liberators against Jewish female survivors. Testimonies and memoirs reveal that some Soviet troops perceived surviving Nazi captivity as evidence of complicity\, which fueled a desire for revenge\, leading soldiers to seek payment for freedom from women survivors. Evidence from these sources also highlights ongoing brutality against survivors who sought to return home to the USSR\, including Soviet filtration camps. \nThis programme is in collaboration with Ghetto Fighters House\, Remember the Women Institute\, Women in the Holocaust – International Study Centre (MORESHET)\, Wagner College Holocaust Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, Rabin Chair Forum Washington University\, and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/victimisation-of-jewish-women-survivors-by-their-soviet-liberators/
LOCATION:Online
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