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SUMMARY:The Peak of Murder at Auschwitz: 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of Jews from Hungary
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for a webinar with Paweł Sawicki from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum \nThe Peak of Murder at Auschwitz: 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of Jews from Hungary\n  \nThis webinar will explore how during eight weeks of 1944\, some 420\,000 Jews from Hungary – men\, women\, and children – were deported to Auschwitz. The estimation is that 75 percent of them were murdered in gas chambers immediately after arrival selections. This means that the daily average number of victims was close to 6\,000. This was the largest killing operation conducted by Nazi Germany at Auschwitz. The presentation will focus on the unique set of photographs that the perpetrators took to document the logistics of this horrifying action. \nPaweł Sawicki is a press officer at 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. He is also 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. He co-authors of the “On Auschwitz” podcast and  authored 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. \nRegister Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-peak-of-murder-at-auschwitz-80th-anniversary-of-the-deportations-of-jews-from-hungary/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Museums and Memorials as Healing Spaces with Prof Carla Sofka
DESCRIPTION: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 these spaces serve as a resource for healing and public death education.The motives of individuals who volunteer in these spaces will be explored\, potential benefits of their participation will be identified\, and challenges inherent in the creation and maintenance of these healing spaces will be discussed. \n\nCarla Sofka\, PhD\, MSW\, is a Professor of Social Work at Siena College in Loudonville\, NY (USA). As a result of volunteer work at the NYS Museum with 9/11 artefacts and subsequent research at various museum in the US and several other countries\, she has studied how museums and memorials related to tragedy serve as healing spaces and sites for public death education. Her thanatology-related research and writing has focused on digital immortality and the role of thanatechnology (all types of technology\, including digital and social media) in coping with illness\, death/dying\, and grief\, including survivor advocacy. \n\nRSVP is essential here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/museums-as-healing-spaces-with-prof-carla-sofka/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Reconciliation & Remembrance: Restoring the Kutno Jewish Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a compelling webinar on the restoration of the Jewish cemetery in Kutno\, Poland. \nTotally destroyed by the Nazis during World War II and subsequently misused\, this sacred site is now undergoing a profound transformation. Led by a dedicated group of activists from South Africa\, Israel\, and Poland\, all with deep ties to Kutno\, this restoration project symbolizes a powerful journey of remembrance\, reconciliation\, and resilience. The panelists: Yosef Kutner (Israel)\, Luc Albinski (South Africa)\, Zigniew Wdowiak (Poland) will share their perspectives\, insights\, and personal connections to this restoration effort. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to learn about the profound impact of restoring heritage and fostering understanding across borders. \n17 July at 7pm SAST \nRegister Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/reconciliation-remembrance-restoring-the-kutno-jewish-cemetery/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240724T190000
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SUMMARY:Diplomatic and International Law Mechanisms in Mass Atrocity and Genocide Prevention
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for a webinar on Diplomatic and International Law Mechanisms in Mass Atrocity and Genocide Prevention. \nAs the modern world continues to face gross human rights violations\, it is important to confront the roots and history of these conflicts and explore how the international community works to them. Guest speakers\, Ambassador (ret) Edward O’Donnell and Ambassador David Scheffer will discuss the duality of soft diplomacy and international law mechanisms in the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide\, and reflect on the past to invigorate the future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmbassador O’Donnell is a Co-Founder of the ASU Lab for Leadership\,\nDiplomacy and National Security and is a Professor of Practice in the School of\nPolitics and Global Studies and the Barrett Honors College. He teaches in the\nMaster of Arts program courses such as: Diplomacy in Action\, the Embassy\nCountry Team\, International Negotiations\, Diplomacy\, Human Rights and\nPreventing Genocide\, The Holocaust and World War II and International\nEconomics. \nHe is on the Board of the Genocide Awareness Week (2025) at ASU. \nAmbassador O’Donnell retired from the career U.S. Foreign Service in 2018\,\nafter 33 years in Latin America\, German-speaking Europe and other positions\nin Washington\, D.C. He served in Germany\, Austria\, Panama\, Colombia and\nParaguay\, as Charge\, Deputy Chief of Mission\, Consul General (Principal\nOfficer)\, Economic Counselor and Commercial Attaché. In Washington D.C.\,\nHe was a negotiating Ambassador concentrating on Holocaust issues\, a\nDemocratic Charter for the Americas and civil aviation rights. He was\nExecutive Assistant to three Under Secretaries and Special Assistant\, U.S. State\nDepartment Policy Planning Staff. \nO’Donnell served in the active U.S. Army Reserve for 30 years with tours in\nGermany\, Panama and the United States. A Foreign Area Officer in Europe\nand Latin America\, he commanded two Military Intelligence Detachments as\nColonel. \nSince retirement from the State Department\, he was Senior Strategy Advisor\nto the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security (2014-2018)\, Senior\nMentor/Advisor to the Afghanistan Government Minister of Counter Narcotics\nin Kabul (2011-2014) and State Department inspector (2010 – 2011) in the Middle\nEast Regional Office of the Inspector General. From 2009 – 2011 he was Acting\nPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Congressional Relations Bureau\nand earlier managed the State Department Liaison Office to the House of\nRepresentatives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid J. Scheffer joined the School of Politics & Global Studies in 2021 as a Professor. He is also\na Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations (Washington office). \nFrom 2006 through 2020 Professor Scheffer was the Mayer Brown/Robert A.\nHelman Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and\nis Director Emeritus of the Center for International Human Rights there. He was\nthe Tom A. Bernstein Genocide Prevention Fellow at the U.S. Holocaust\nMemorial Museum (2019-2021) and the International Francqui Professor at\nKatholieke Universiteit Leuven\, Belgium (2022). From 2012 to 2018 he was the\nU.N. Secretary-General’s Special Expert on U.N. Assistance to the Khmer Rouge\nTrials. Professor Scheffer was the first U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes\nIssues (1997-2001) and led the U.S. delegation to the U.N. talks establishing the\nInternational Criminal Court. He negotiated the creation of five war crimes\ntribunals and chaired the Atrocities Prevention Inter-Agency Working Group\n(1998-2001). He served on the Deputies Committee of the National Security\nCouncil and as Senior Adviser and Counsel to Dr. Madeleine Albright\, the U.S.\nPermanent Representative to the United Nations\, from 1993-1996. His latest two\nbooks are “All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals”\n(Princeton 2012) and “The Sit Room: In the Theater of War and Peace” (Oxford\n2019). \nProfessor Scheffer has worked in an international law firm\, the Committee on\nForeign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives\, the Carnegie Endowment\nfor International Peace\, the U.S. Institute of Peace\, and the U.N. Association of\nthe U.S.A.\, and he has held visiting professorships at several law schools. He was\nan International Affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1986-87. \nProfessor Scheffer received the Berlin Prize in 2013\, the Champion of Justice\nAward of the Center for Justice and Accountability in 2018\, and the 2020 Dr.\nJean Mayer Global Citizenship Award\, Global Leadership Institute\, Tufts\nUniversity. Foreign Policy magazine selected him as a “Top Global Thinker of\n2011.” He is a member of the New York\, District of Columbia\, and Supreme Court\nbars and is a native of Norman\, Oklahoma. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
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SUMMARY:Closed members only event: In Conversation with Dr Stephen D. Smith
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for an exclusive volunteer and member’s only event: \nIn 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 was project director during the development of the Kigali Genocide Memorial. \nDr. Smith’s expertise in oral history and his theological background have uniquely positioned him to document and share the stories of those who witnessed the atrocities of the Holocaust and other genocides. His ground-breaking work with Dimensions in Testimony has garnered global recognition. As the Executive Director Emeritus of USC Shoah Foundation\, Dr. Smith has played a crucial role in preserving invaluable testimonies for future generations. \nRSVP to shirley@jhbholocaust.co.za
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/closed-members-only-event-in-conversation-with-dr-stephen-d-smith/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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