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SUMMARY:Webinar: Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
DESCRIPTION:Join the SAHGF for an inspiring online lecture-concert featuring Grammy-nominated producer Dan Rosenberg and JUNO-winning singer Lenka Lichtenberg\, as they share their remarkable music projects inspired by Holocaust poetry. The event will feature music and a discussion about two of their award-winning collaborations. \n\n\n\nSilent Tears\, The Last Yiddish Tango was created by Payadora Tango\, composer Rebekah Wolksteinilent Tears\, The Last Yiddish Tango was created by and journalist/producer Dan Rosenberg. The music is based on poems\, testimonies\, and writtings of women who survived the Holocaust. From inspiring songs about survival to mournful laments\, this award-winning program conveys an almost indescribable depth of emotion rarely sung about. \n\n\n\nThieves of Dreams\, Lenka Lichtenberg’s Juno Award-winning album\, sets her grandmother’s Holocaust-era poetry from Theresienstadt to hauntingly powerful music.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/webinar-silent-tears-the-last-yiddish-tango/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Session 4 – Othering\, Occupation\, Violence\, and Denial
DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE GRANT PROGRAM WINNER 2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the IHRA Webinar Series\, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC)\, Eastern European Holocaust Studies: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (EEHS)\, Ukraina Moderna website (UM)\, and Austrian Service Abroad (ASA) on the theme of “Othering\, Occupation\, Violence\, and Denial”. Topics that will be engaged with under the central theme include the way in which historical analogies and presentism in studying the history of the Holocaust are used to foster deeper understanding and critical thinking about the Holocaust\, current armed conflicts and the rise of hate speech. Ways in which oversimplifications\, misrepresentations\, distortions\, and denial of these topics can be challenged and safeguarded against will also be grappled with\, alongside testimonies\, resistance\, education\, remembrance\, and the collection and preservation of history. \n\n\n\nThis four webinar in the series deals with the theme of Denial featuring speakers: Dr Irina Rebrova on “From ‘Peaceful Citizens’ to ‘Genocide of Soviet Nations’: The Place of the Holocaust Remembrance in Modern Russia”\, Dr Vibeke Moe Bjørnbekk on “Denial and distortion in the Norwegian context focusing on narratives about the war in Ukraine on the online platform Steigan.no.”\, Prof Hülya Adak on “Reconstructing Discussions of Human Rights and Genocide Prevention in the Interwar Period: How “The Treaty of Lausanne” led to the ”International Declaration of Human Rights” (1929)”\, and Prof Karoly Bard on “Fritz Bauer’s contributions to Germany’s culture of remembrance and the Auschwitz trial”. \n\n\n\nDr. Irina Rebrova is a historian of Holocaust and other Nazi victim groups of the Second World War in the Soviet Union. She defended her PhD thesis at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University Berlin (ZfA TU Berlin) and 2020 she published a book titled “Re-constructing Grassroots Holocaust Memory: the Case of the North Caucasus.” She holds a Russian PhD degree (candidate of science in history) and MA in sociology (Gender studies). She has published a number of articles on Oral History\, Gender History and Social Memory on World War II in Russian\, English and German academic journals and edited volumes. Among others\, she was a fellow at the Claims Conference Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies\, at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History\, Munich\, at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in Los Angeles\, USA. During 2014–2022 she was a Research Associate in Hadassah Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University\, USA. Since 2022 she is a member of the board of the German non-profit association KONTAKTE-KOНTAKТЫ that promotes intercultural tolerance\, education about history and donations for the victims of the Nazi era in Eastern Europe\, the Caucasus and Central Asia through international exchange. Her latest project “Remember us…” dealt with the history and memory of people with disabilities who became Nazi victims in the occupied regions of Russia during the Second World War (http://nsvictims.ru/). In November 2023\, she began her term as Alfred Landecker Lecturer at ZfA TU Berlin. \n\n\n\nVibeke Moe Bjørnbekk is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies in Oslo\, Norway. Her research focuses on contemporary antisemitism\, Islamophobia\, Holocaust memory\, and Muslim and Jewish experiences. Moe Bjørnbekk has a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Oslo. Her doctoral thesis explored Muslim-Jewish relations in contemporary Norway. She was project manager of the two last waves of the pioneering Norwegian surveys on antisemitism and Islamophobia (2011\, 2017\, 2022\, and 2024). Moe Bjørnbekk is the project manager of the international research project “Dynamics of hate: local manifestations of a global phenomenon”. The project explores hate speech on a global\, regional\, and local level and is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moe Bjørnbekk is part of the Norwegian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as member of the Academic Working Group and Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. She is also an Advisory Board Member of the project “Jewish pathfinders”\, a Norwegian government-financed project to combat antisemitism\, coordinated by the Jewish Community in Oslo\, a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the project “Antisemitism Undermining Democracy – Debunking Antisemitism”\, hosted by Åbo Academy\, Finland\, and member of the Advisory Committee of the Norwegian Human Rights Institution in the period 2024-2028. Among Moe Bjørnbekk’s recent English publications are The Shifting Boundaries of Prejudice: Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Contemporary Norway (ed.) (Scandinavian University Press\, 2020) and Narratives about Jews among Muslims in Norway (De Gruyter\, 2024). \n\n\n\nHülya Adak is Senior Fellow at the Orient Institut Istanbul der Max Weber Stiftung and Visiting Professor of Gender Studies at the Margherita von Brentano Zentrum at Freie Universität Berlin. Between 2019-2022\, she was the Director of SU Gender (Sabancı University’s Gender and Women’s Studies Center). Since 2018\, she has served as Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Between 2001-2024\, she served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Gender Studies at Sabancı University. She is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers and Newton Grant (British Academy/with Murat Akser). Her articles in the fields of gender studies\, memory and trauma studies\, empire studies and nationalism\, history of human rights\, literature\, theater\, and film studies have been published in prominent journals. Her recent works include Critical Perspectives on Genocide: History\, Politics and Aesthetics of 1915 (Routledge\, 2023\, with Müge Göçek and Ron Suny)\, Mapping Gender: What’s New and What’s Ahead in Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Max Weber Stiftung Publications 2022\, with Richard Wittmann); Performing Turkishness: Politics of Theater in Turkey and its Diasporas\, (Special Issue of Comparative Drama\, 2018\, with R. Ertuğ Altınay)\, Halide Edib and Political Violence: The Armenian Atrocities\, Dictatorship and Nonviolence (Bilgi University Press\, 2016\, in turkish)\, Hundert Jahre Türkei: Von Revolten\, Traeumen und Hoffnungen (Unionsverlag Zurich\, 2010\, with Erika Glassen).  She is currently working on the book Afterlives of Archives (with Melanie Tanielian and Erdağ Göknar) that received Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute’s Book Manuscript Award (2021). \n\n\n\nKároly Bárd\, Professor Emeritus at the Central European University (CEU) has had a distinguished career in law and public service. He began his journey at the Faculty of Law\, Eötvös Loránd University\, Budapest. From 1990 to 1997\, he served as Hungary’s Vice-Minister and later Deputy State Secretary of Justice\, playing a pivotal role in modernizing the country’s legal system and bringing it in line with international human rights standards. Subsequently\, he became Research Director at the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute of the Open Society Institute. At CEU\, he directed the Human Rights Program of the Legal Studies Department for more than two decades and served as Pro-Rector for Hungarian and European Affairs. Károly Bárd’s expertise in criminal justice\, human rights\, international humanitarian law and Holocaust trials has been sought by prestigious global organizations\, including the United Nations\, Council of Europe\, European Commission\, OECD\, and World Bank. He was member of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)\, member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI; for more than a decade he served on the Advisory Board of the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control\, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI). As member of the Hungarian delegation Károly Bárd participated in the elaboration of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)  and its Rules of Procedure and Evidence.   
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/session-4-othering-occupation-violence-and-denial/
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SUMMARY:Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future Session 5
DESCRIPTION:As we stand on the cusp of history\, the voices of Holocaust and genocide survivors grow ever more urgent\, reminding us of the cost of silence\, the value of empathy\, and the power of resilience. Echoes Across Time invites audiences to explore the crucial lessons these testimonies offer—on values\, democracy\, and the warning signs of oppression. Through monthly episodes\, each centred around a survivor’s testimony about their life experiences\, this series poses the question: Are we truly listening? \n\n\n\nJoin us as we amplify stories from the Holocaust to Rwanda\, Cambodia\, and beyond\, engaging with survivors\, scholars\, and advocates who work tirelessly to preserve these legacies and inspire a more compassionate future. \n\n\n\n“The Global Reach of the Holocaust: Voices from Unexpected Places”\n\n\n\nThe USHMM and its partners will share highlights from their international education outreach\, focused on finding connections and relevance to the Holocaust in unexpected places from South Asia to Africa\, the Middle East to Latin America and beyond. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\nIlana Weinberg International Programs Officer for the Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism \n\n\n\nSince joining the Museum in 2019\, Ilana has worked to build international partnerships to reach young adults and leaders through joint educational projects that deliver accurate information about how and why the Holocaust happened in ways that reflect the relevance of this history to those audiences today. She leads the International Program on Holocaust and Genocide Education\, implemented jointly with UNESCO\, to build the capacity of education stakeholders around the world to develop context relevant Holocaust education in support of existing national curriculum framework and priorities. Previously\, Ilana managed innovative partnerships and programs across the greater Middle East at America Abroad Media\, an international nonprofit that empowers and supports local voices that convey universal values through creative content and media programming. Ilana has a BA in Journalism from The George Washington University. \n\n\n\nTad Stahnke: William and Sheila Konar Director of International Educational Outreach \n\n\n\nTad Stahnke is the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s William and Sheila Konar Director of International Educational Outreach\, and Director of the Museum’s Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism\, advancing the Museum’s mission to establish the relevance of the Holocaust for new generations. Before joining the Museum\, Mr. Stahnke was Program Director at Human Rights First\, an international human rights advocacy organization\, and Policy Director at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom\, which was created by Congress to advise the U.S. government on advancing respect for the internationally-recognised right to freedom of religion. \n\n\n\nMina Abdelmalak: Senior International Programs Officer\, Middle East and North Africa \n\n\n\nMina works with partners across the Middle East and North Africa as well as visitors to the Museum to help introduce the relevance of Holocaust and the early warning signs of genocide in our world today. Mina was born and raised in Egypt\, where he received a law degree from Ain Shams University. He studied nonviolence and advocacy strategies at the Arab Academy for Non-Violence Studies in Lebanon. Mina also worked as a legal researcher for the Egyptian Union of Liberal Youth (EULY)\, a Cairo-based\, non-profit organisation\, which promotes classic liberalism among Egyptian youth. \n\n\n\nTali Nates: Founder and Executive Director\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre \n\n\n\nTali Nates is 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)\, Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). \n\n\n\nIn 2021 she was part of the 12-member Expert Group of the Malmö Forum\, serving in an advisory capacity to the Secretariat of the Malmö Forum on their programme on Holocaust remembrance\, education and actions to combat antisemitism. Tali serves on many Advisory and Academic Boards including that of the Contested Histories Initiative\, the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. \n\n\n\nIn 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in 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) and the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany).
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/echoes-across-time-voices-of-survival-and-lessons-for-our-future-session-5/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online book launch of Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide. The co-editors\, Prof. Lori Weintrob and Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz\, will give a brief introduction to the book\, which brings together international scholars to explore new perspectives on women’s rescue and resistance during the Holocaust\, as well as the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and genocide in Armenia . In addition\, two contributing authors\, both descendants of Holocaust survivors\, will speak about their respective chapters. \n\n\n\nDr Daniela Ozacky Stern will highlight the often-overlooked stories of Jewish women partisans during the Holocaust\, focusing on the personal narrative of Chaya Shapira Lazar. Through her grandmother’s journey from the Vilna Ghetto to the partisan forests\, Daniela sheds light on the unique challenges faced by female resistance fighters\, who had to navigate traditional gender roles alongside revolutionary combat responsibilities. \n\n\n\nDr Steven Meed\, son of Vladka Meed (née Feyge Peltel)\, will speak about his mother’s extraordinary wartime activities. An 18-year-old member of the Bund youth organisation SKIF in Warsaw at the time of the German invasion in 1939\, she was quickly recognised for her fearlessness\, resourcefulness\, perfect Polish\, and remarkable memory. These qualities led to her undertaking increasingly dangerous missions\, particularly on the Aryan side. After Liberation\, she continued to speak and write—initially in Yiddish—about her experiences\, bearing witness on behalf of those who perished and those who survived\, and reminding the world of the respect owed to both. \n\n\n\nThis programme is held in partnership with the Wagner College Holocaust Centre\, the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University\, Remember the Women Institute\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Classrooms Without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/heroines-of-the-holocaust-reframing-resistance-and-courage-in-genocide/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings from History\, an Online Discussion with Laurence Rees
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Online Discussion with Laurence Rees The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings from History. \n\n\n\nHow could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly – often enthusiastically – oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? \n\n\n\nIn his latest book\, The Nazi Mind\, bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest research in psychology to help answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding WW2 and the Holocaust. Rees traces the rise and eventual fall of the Nazis through the lens of ‘twelve warnings’ – from talk about ‘them’ and ‘us’ to the escalation of racism – whilst also highlighting signs to look out for in present day leaders. \n\n\n\nLaurence Rees is a renowned historian\, acclaimed author and former Head of BBC TV History\, known for his acclaimed work on the Second World War. He has created award-winning TV series and bestselling books\, including The Nazis: A Warning from History\, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution\, and The Holocaust: A New History. Educated at Oxford\, he holds honorary doctorates from the University of Sheffield and the Open University. Rees has received numerous prestigious awards\, including a BAFTA\, two Emmys\, and a British Book Award.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/the-nazi-mind-12-warnings-from-history-an-online-discussion-with-laurence-rees/
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Anne Frank: Parallel Stories
DESCRIPTION:In honour of Anne Frank’s birthday and Youth Month\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre by Special Arrangement with the Historic Documentary Film Society\, invites you to a screening of the acclaimed documentary Anne Frank: Parallel Stories.  \n\n\n\nAnne Frank who was denied her youth\, celebrated her 13th birthday\, her last in freedom on June 12th\, 1942. For the next two years in hiding\, she recorded in her treasured birthday gift her most intimate thoughts and impressions. Today\, her diary speaks volumes as a key voice from the Holocaust. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be introduced by Selwyn Klass\, co-founder of The Historic Documentary Film Society. \n\n\n\nNarrated by Dame Helen Mirren with readings from Anne’s diary in the secret annex\, the film includes interviews with five survivors who were her age when they were deported. \n\n\n\nA suggested token donation of R50 (in cash) is requested
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-anne-frank-parallel-stories/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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