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SUMMARY:Restoring Roots: Reclaiming Polish\, Lithuanian and German Citizenship with Eva Hussain
DESCRIPTION: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 citizenship. In this session\, Eva Hussain\, CEO of Polaron\, will discuss helping people reclaim Polish\, German or Lithuanian citizenship\, shedding light on the emotional and legal aspects of reconnecting with ancestral lands. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on heritage\, identity\, and citizenship in Eastern Europe. \nEva Hussain\, founder of Polaron\, is an expert in language services and European citizenship. She actively contributes to the company’s global growth and serves on several boards\, including Creativity Australia and the Association of Polish Jews.  InMarch 2022\, Eva was appointed Honorary Consul General of Austria in Victoria. A recipient of multiple business and equity awards\, her experience as a Polish refugee drives her passion for community work and the translation industry. \n5 September at 18:00 \nRSVP is essential here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/restoring-roots-reclaiming-polish-lithuanian-and-german-citizenship-with-eva-hussain/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240916T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240916T193000
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SUMMARY:Colonial Violence\, the Holocaust\, and Contested Politics of Memory in Germany with Prof Carola Lentz
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg for a talk on \nColonial Violence\, the Holocaust\, and Contested Politics of Memory in Germany with Prof Carola Lentz\n  \nIn 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 in the face of the death of the last survivors of the Shoah? Which place should colonial crimes have in public remembrance? These and related questions have been\, and continue to be\, subject of intense debate in Germany. Tracing important stages of the politics of memory since the Second World War\, the presentation will focus on the contestations surrounding recent attempts to engage with Germany’s colonial past. \n  \nCarola Lentz is a Senior Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz\, and the President of the Goethe-Institut. Her current research interests include ethnicity and nationalism\, colonialism and decolonisation\, politics of remembrance\, middle classes in the Global South and educational biographies. She conducted field research first in South America and\, since 1987\, regularly in West Africa. Carola Lentz is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. She is also a member of the advisory board of the German Federal Cultural Foundation\, the German Language Council\, the board of trustees of the German Academy for Language and Poetry\, the board of #1014 New York\, the board of trustees of the Giesecke & Devrient Foundation and the board of trustees of the Anne Frank Education Centre. \nRSVP is essential here \n16 September\, 17:30 for 18:00
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/colonial-violence-the-holocaust-and-contested-politics-of-memory-in-germany-with-prof-carola-lentz-2/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240919T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240919T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T095709
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SUMMARY:Film screening of Family Treasures Lost & Found and virtual Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and Rosa Luxemberg Foundation for a film screening of \nFamily Treasures Lost & Found\n  \nThis 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 her parents’ and one grandparent’s journeys to freedom. Karen shares steps in family history research such as using digital and real-world archives to fills gaps in what she was told. A family archive of portraits\, photos\, documents\, and artefacts also reveals the cultural life of pre-war urban assimilated Polish Jews. The process deepens Karen’s appreciation for her relatives’ resistance to fascism\, luck\, altruism\, and the reasons for their silence. She honours her parents\, sole surviving grandfather\, and lost relatives\, who cease to be mere names. Ultimately\, Karen ensures that memories of a vanished culture will endure and shows why filling in the blanks of lives lost is important not only to her\, but to the history of the Jewish people and society as a whole. \nLearn more about the film here \nThe screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A with Karen A. Frenkel and director Marcia Rock. \n19 September 18:00 \nRSVP is essential here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-of-family-treasures-lost-found-and-virtual-qa/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240925T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240925T213000
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SUMMARY:Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Asya Darbinyan: The Remarkable Resilience of the Armenian Genocide Refugees
DESCRIPTION:The event is on 25 September at 8pm SAST \nJoin us for the next instalment in the webinar series Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Asya Darbinyan\n  \nThe Remarkable Resilience of the Armenian Genocide Refugees\nThe Armenian genocide—orchestrated and systematically implemented by the Ottoman government against its Armenian subjects under the cover of the First World War—was a disaster that inflicted tremendous suffering and pain upon a people. The genocide took over 1.5 million lives\, triggered huge population movements\, and left hundreds of thousands of Armenians\, as well as Assyrians and Greeks\, without home and hope. In her talk\, Dr. Darbinyan reflects on the successful attempt of refugee-survivors\, including women and children\, to self-organise and help each other during the Armenian Genocide. The tremendous operations of Armenian volunteers to liberate abducted Armenian women and children from captivity\, the willingness and strength of exhausted and famished children to overcome endless obstacles and even find their way back home\, the efforts of refugees in classrooms and workshops to teach and train children survivors are testimony to the remarkable resilience in a time of catastrophe. The decisions made and the actions taken by those individuals constitute critical examples of agency\, self-help\, and self-organisation. \nDr. Asya Darbinyan is the Executive Director of Chhange (Centre for Holocaust\, Human Rights & Genocide Education) at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft\, NJ. She earned her Ph.D. in History from the Strassler Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University\, Worcester\, MA. Darbinyan’s research and teaching expertise stand at the intersection of genocide\, refugees\, and humanitarian interventions\, with a focus on the agency and actions of refugees in addressing their suffering and plight. Prior to joining Chhange\, Darbinyan worked as a Visiting Professor at the Strassler Centre at Clark\, where she taught courses on Genocide and Women\, the Armenian Genocide\, and the History of Genocide. Darbinyan has also served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University (NAU)\, and a Fellow in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. She was the Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan\, Armenia\, prior to pursuing her doctoral degree in the USA. \nDr. Darbinyan will be in conversation with Tali Nates\, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) and Chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation (SAHGF). She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education\, memory\, reconciliation\, and human rights. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films\, published many articles and contributed chapters to different books among them God\, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015)\, Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018)\, Conceptualising Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). South Africa by the Mail & Guardian newspaper and won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015)\, the Gratias Agit Award (2020\, Czech Republic)\, the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021)\, the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany)\, the US Secretary of State’s International Religious Freedom Award (2023)\, and the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS) 2024 Impact Award. \nRegister Here
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SUMMARY:Exhibition opening: The Righteous Among the Nations
DESCRIPTION:29 September at 15:00 \nJoin 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 Pavlovská\, Ph.D from the Jewish Museum in Prague\, and a walkabout. \nThis Yad Vashem exhibition explores stories of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust who came from different countries\, religions\, genders\, ages and social backgrounds. They risked their lives to save Jews despite facing danger and even death. Yad Vashem recognises rescuers by awarding them the title of ‘Righteous Among the Nations’. \nGuest speaker\, Zuzana Pavlovská has been the Head of the Department for Education and Culture of the Jewish Museum in Prague since 2011. The Department collaborates with some leading universities and educational institutions – including the Terezín Memorial\, the Institute for Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences\, Charles University in Prague\, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Yad Vashem Memorial – as well as with independent historians\, experts in Jewish studies\, literary scholars\, scientists and teachers. Zuzana has been involved in several educational projects and gives lectures on Jewish studies and Modern Hebrew both in the Czech Republic and internationally\, at the Charles University\, the Johannesburg Holocaust Genocide Centre and their branches in Durban and Cape Town as well as Bejt Terezin in Israel. \nZuzana studied at the Charles University in Prague and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 2019\, she concluded her Ph.D. studies and wrote her thesis on the topic of women´s role in the Haskalah. Currently she is representing the Czech Republic in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and in 2020 she was the Chair of its Educational Working Group. From 2021 until 2023 she was the Deputy Director of the Jewish Museum in Prague. \nRSVP is essential Here
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/exhibition-opening-the-righteous-among-the-nations/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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