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Oct 31 2019

Statement on the events unfolding at Greenmarket Square

The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre works towards creating a more just and caring society, in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued. Our South African Constitution stipulates that our country belongs to all those living within it. We have, however, witnessed unprecedented...

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Oct 30 2019

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Finding traces of Jewish refugees in South African archives

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The SAHGF Archive contains archival material related to both World Wars, Jewish life in Europe before the war, the Holocaust and its aftermath. Confronting the global threat of Nazism Jews were especially targeted under vicious Aryan antisemitic doctrines which conceived ‘the Jew’ as the ultimate racial and...

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Oct 03 2019

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International Teacher’s Day: Remembering Janasz Korczak

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In honour of International Teacher’s Day, the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre honours Dr. Janusz Korczak, the renowned Polish pedagogue, doctor educator, essayist, children’s author and pioneering proponent for children’s rights. Korczak was born Henryk Goldszmit, on 22 July 1878 in Warsaw. He adopted the...

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Sep 16 2019

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A powerful and inspiring day in celebration of women

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A powerful and inspiring day in celebration of women It was in a room festooned with an enchantment of pink and green, the colours of spring, life and rebirth, that 200 women from all walks of life gathered for the inaugural Women’s Day Event at the...

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Sep 10 2019

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Statement on the Gender-Based and Xenophobic Violence

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South Africa is facing an epidemic of hate. From the scourge of gender-based violence to the current wave of xenophobic attacks, our country is in crisis. These acts of hate can only happen in a society where attitudes of prejudice have become acceptable. Every day the South...

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Sep 03 2019

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Remembering the ‘forgotten genocide’

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The ‘Porajmos’ – which means ‘devouring’ in the Romani language – is the name given to the genocide of an estimated 500,000 Roma and Sinti people under Nazi rule. Their systematic extermination by both the Nazis and their collaborators is not widely known, only recently...

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Aug 09 2019

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National Women’s Day

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“Wathint'abafazi, Wathint'imbokodo!” You strike the women, You strike a rock! Internationally, women’s day is celebrated on 8th of March. This date was chosen in 1914 by various communist and socialist movements around the world, and subsequently designated internationally as a date to protest inequality between the sexes. So...

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Aug 06 2019

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Celebrating our 20th Anniversary

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This year, Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Centre, the first of its kind in Africa, was opened in 1999 with a vision using Holocaust education to create a more caring and just society in which human rights and...

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Aug 01 2019

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Guided Tours for Adults an Unprecedented Success

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For the first time since its inception, the CTHGC ran guided tours for adults during the school holidays. With no more than 15 people per group, participants were able to engage in a personal and intimate guided tour through our award winning exhibition. People from all...

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Jul 29 2019

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Srebrenica Massacre: The largest mass murder in Europe since 1945

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The massacre at Srebrenica where up to 8 000 Bosnian teenage boys and adult men were killed proved a sobering moment for the world. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was created at the end of World War II. It was comprised of six smaller countries, each...

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Statement on the events unfolding at Greenmarket Square

Finding traces of Jewish refugees in South African archives

International Teacher’s Day: Remembering Janasz Korczak

A powerful and inspiring day in celebration of women

Statement on the Gender-Based and Xenophobic Violence

Remembering the ‘forgotten genocide’

National Women’s Day

Celebrating our 20th Anniversary

Guided Tours for Adults an Unprecedented Success

Srebrenica Massacre: The largest mass murder in Europe since 1945

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