The Eichmann Trial 60 years ago, on the 15th of December 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in an historical trial in Jerusalem. Hannah Arendt, one of the most famous thinkers of the 20th century, was asked to write a report on the trial by...
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2021 Annual Review As we look back at the end of a challenging year, the CTHGC team would like to thank you for your friendship and support. We reflect on the growth and success we achieved in 2021. We continued our deep commitment to education, memory...
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The impact of the Nuremberg Trials on International Law Sketch book of Alfred Rosenberg, “Nazi Philosopher Number One”, who was sentenced to death after the trial. He drew sketches of participants of the Nuremberg Trial including defendants, prosecutors, witnesses, and others. Source: SAHGF Archive On the 20th...
Read MoreRead MoreI Have Not Seen A Butterfly Around Here: Children's Drawings from Terezin Ghetto The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre will be staging an exhibition entitled “I Have Not Seen A Butterfly Around Here: Children's Drawings from Terezin Ghetto” created by the The Jewish...
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Meet Aleks who is going to be the intern in the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre for the next year. ...
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Q&A: New research to map Holocaust denial and distortion online Selected files from the Arolsen Archives which contain over 30 million pages of Holocaust-era documents relating to the experiences of over 17.5 million people. © Johanna Gross/Arolsen Archives This article was originally posted on the UNESCO website. Experts...
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Aria's Journey My name is Aria Askari and I am completing a masters in History and German Philology at the University of Vienna. I mostly grew up in Vienna and have strong family ties to Graz in southern Styria, but also spent significant parts of my childhood...
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The Wannsee Conference Image: "The Final Solution" section of the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre's permanent exhibition. The Wannsee Conference, held in Berlin in January 1942, was the last step in transforming the concept of the “Final Solution” which was the codename for the annihilation of...
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Witnessing Darfur Exhibition The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre will be staging an exhibition entitled “Genocide and Darfur” created by the Aegis Trust from the 15th of December 2020 until the 22nd of January 2021. The exhibition raises awareness of the humanitarian crisis in the...
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Seeking Refuge: German Jewish immigration to the Cape in the 1930s The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre will be staging an exhibition entitled "Seeking Refuge: German-Jewish immigration to South Africa in the 1930s" from the 15th of December 2020 until the 22nd of January 2021....
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