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SUMMARY:Exhibition opening of Traces of Violence by Marcelo Brodsky
DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, Germany formally recognised the genocide of the Herero and Nama People\, committed by the German Empire in 1904-1908 in German South West Africa (now Namibia).In the course of the division of Africa by the European powers in the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885\, the German Empire acquired the right to colonise South West Africa. Colonial policy included the expulsion of the local Nama and Herero communities from their fertile land so that German colonisers and farmers could settle there. \n\n\n\nAs an artist and human rights activist\, Marcelo Brodsky believes in the importance of art in the social debate. Their ability to influence the public opinion-forming process and attract media attention. The subject of human rights violations was and is a central part of his art. \n\n\n\nBrodsky became internationally known with his work cycle “Buena Memoria” (1997) about the kidnapping of some of his classmates and his brother Fernando Brodsky by the death squads during the Argentine military dictatorship. Fernando’s body has not been found to this day. Other series of works followed\, such as “1968 The Fire of Ideas\,” “Africa Fighting for Freedom” or “Migrants.” \n\n\n\nAs part of his human rights activities\, Brodsky met the German human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck\, who came to Argentina 20 years ago to defend the cases of German citizens who have disappeared due to state terror. Kaleck is the founder and director of ECCHR (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights). This Berlin-based organisation has a team of international lawyers who work for global justice\, defend political prisoners and fight human rights violations and crimes against humanity with legal means. Wolfgang Kaleck informed Marcelo Brodsky about the case and the genocide in South West Africa. With his help\, Brodsky contacted the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation based in Namibia and offered them his collaboration to develop an art project on their case and present it in an art space in Berlin. \n\n\n\nThe photographs that Brodsky collected in archives\, agencies and universities for two years were taken by the colonists or their helpers (soldiers\, missionaries\, journalists\, etc.). They are irrefutable evidence of the brutal violence of the perpetrators. After reading Mark Sealy’s book “Decolonizing the Camera”\, which describes that every time a colonialist image is shown\, its violence is reproduced\, Brodsky decided to radically rework these images. As in his previous series of works\, Brodsky enlarges and reworks the photographs underlining the aesthetic effect of the motif by reworking the colours by hand. The beautiful becomes more beautiful\, the horror becomes more horrific. His own short text contribution\, typical of his works\, expresses the voice and point of view of the colonisers in every single coloured photo. They show violence very clearly\, which makes it rather disturbing for the viewer. \n\n\n\nThe opening will feature a presentation by Brodsky and welcome representatives of the Herero and Nama nations and organisations.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/exhibition-opening-of-traces-of-violence-by-marcelo-brodsky/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:JHGC and Issy's closed for private event
DESCRIPTION:The JHGC and Issy’s will be closed from 20-24 October for a private event. We will reopen on 25 October. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/jhgc-closed-for-private-conference/
LOCATION:Gauteng
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SUMMARY:Honouring Memory and Scholarship
DESCRIPTION:Talk and Walkabout of More Important than Life with Dr Mirjam Zadoff and the Presentation of Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria to Tali Nates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a talk and walkabout of the exhibition More Important than Life: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto with Dr Mirjam Zadoff\, director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and co-curator of the exhibition. \n\n\n\nThe event will be accompanied by the formal awarding of Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria to director and founder of the JHGC\, Tali Nates\, as well as formal remarks from the Ambassador of Austria to South Africa\, H.E. Ms Romana Königsbrun\, and a musical performance by the Austrian Duo Minerva beginning at 16:00. \n\n\n\nMore Important Than Life explores some of the artefacts and documents collected in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Oneg Shabbat\, a collective of academics\, writers\, and activists led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum\, who worked secretly to document the mass murder of European Jews as it was happening. 
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/talk-and-walkabout-of-more-important-than-life-with-mirjam-zaddoff/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” Session 7
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\nFrom Tragedy to Healing: Rwanda’s Path to Restorative Justice\n\n\n\nFeaturing: Rwanda genocide survivor and Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial and Aegis Trust\, Freddy Mutanguha\, shares his powerful story of survival\, healing\, and contributing to the country’s unique journey through restorative justice. This session will examine Rwanda’s approach to rebuilding—through forgiveness\, communal healing\, and reconciliation—and the powerful lessons this path holds for the world. Freddy’s testimony provides insight into how survivors and communities alike can transform trauma into hope\, and how memory and accountability can drive long-lasting peace and understanding. \n\n\n\nFreddy Mutanguha is CEO of the Aegis Trust and Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Freddy led the development of Aegis’ peace education programme in Rwanda and is now leading Aegis’ work to take this model beyond the borders of Rwanda to areas at risk\, including the Central African Republic\, South Sudan and Kenya. Joining Aegis in 2004 during the construction of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a team leader responsible for genocide documentation\, he was appointed Country Director in 2006. Freddy is Chair of the board of Miracle Corner Rwanda\, an organisation which aims to empower the community in Rwanda by helping young people to acquire the vocational skills they need to thrive socially and economically. \n\n\n\nHe holds a master’s degree in project management from the Maastricht School of Management and trained as a teacher\, securing a bachelor’s degree in Education from the Kigali Institute of Education. He survived Rwanda’s 1994 genocide as a teenager\, and as an orphan head of household\, in 2016\, the Justice and Security Foundation declared him a Peace award winner for his outstanding contribution to peace. He is also profiled in the Atlanta Human Rights Museum as a prominent activist for human rights. \n\n\n\nHelping to found AERG\, Rwanda’s student survivors association\, Freddy went on to become vice-President of IBUKA\, the national umbrella association for Rwandan genocide survivors. He is an External Advisory Committee member of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive in Los Angeles\, and lectures internationally on the impact of the Genocide and the importance of forgiveness as way of post-conflict reconstruction. \n\n\n\nFreddy Mutanguha 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 Scholar’s Impact Award (2024).
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/echoes-across-time-voices-of-survival-and-lessons-for-our-future-session-7/
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SUMMARY:Film screening: Letters from Brno
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the South African premiere of Letters from Brno. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be accompanied by formal remarks by Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in South Africa\, Mr. Petr Čáp\, and by writer and producer Karen Kruger. \n\n\n\nIn December\, 1976\, during a college break\, Karen learned that her mother\, Erika Stefanie Turkl (Neumann) was Jewish. This discovery marked the beginning of Karen’s insatiable curiosity about her mother’s family history and the start of a 45+ year journey to uncover her mother’s pastNicholas Winton was the British stockbroker who was responsible for arranging the Kinder transports of 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children in 1939. Erika and Daisy Turkl were 2 of the 669 “Winton’s children”. In 2009\, during a reenactment of the Winton Kindertransport from Prague to London\, Karen and her son\, Max were able to meet 100 year old Nicholas Winton and personally thank him for saving Erika’s and Daisy’s lives. \n\n\n\nJeffery Gary\, a documentary filmmaker\, learned of Karen’s project and offered to interview/film her to record her recent research trip “while it was still fresh in her mind.” During the first 2 sessions of filming\, Jeffery realized that the story of Karen’s mother’s family had all the components of a documentary film and he suggested that she consider telling the story on film first instead of writing a book.While filming the documentary\, Karen imagined how this story could be part of a curricula for Holocaust education.
URL:https://jhbholocaust.co.za/event/film-screening-letters-from-brno/
LOCATION:Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, 1 Duncombe Rd\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, 2193\, South Africa
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