Welcome to the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

We work toward creating a more caring and just society in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued.

As a matter of long-standing policy, the CTHGC does not issue public statements in response to ongoing conflicts, no matter how grave. This includes, among others, the wars in Ukraine, in Central and East Africa, and in Gaza. In each of these cases, the term genocide has been applied by various actors. No matter whether these are ultimately adjudged to be genocides, we are profoundly concerned about the suffering and loss of civilian life.

The absence of an official statement by the Centre does not reflect a lack of concern, but rather reflects a deliberate and principled commitment to our core mission: education. Our exhibitions and programmes are designed to address the root causes of hatred, to warn of the dangers of extremism, and to recognise our common humanity.

Director and the Board of the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre.

Current Temporary Exhibition: More Important than Life – The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto

This exhibition explores rare photographs and documents from the hidden archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, known today as the Ringelblum Archive. In secret, a collective of academics, writers, and activists documented the mass murder of European Jews as it unfolded. It tells the story of this extraordinary act of resistance a harrowing, painstaking, and ultimately successful effort to preserve the history of the Holocaust through the eyes of its victims.