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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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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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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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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