CTHGC Events Calendar

We have regular events throughout each month. Please ensure that you register for any event you intend to attend. While our events are free of charge, donations are welcome in support of our ongoing events.

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Warsaw Rising 1944 Exhibition

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Wednesday, 4 September, at 6 p.m. for a Meeting with Paweł Ukielski, Deputy Director of the Warsaw Rising Museum and preview of the “Warsaw Rising 1944” exhibition. The program will feature a presentation of "The City of Ruins", a short film featuring a bird’s-eye view...

Free

Restoring Roots: Reclaiming Polish and Lithuanian Citizenship

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Sunday, 8 September, at 2.30 p.m. for a talk with Eva Hussain, who will explore the rising trend of people reclaiming Polish or Lithuanian citizenship. She will share valuable insights into the legal and emotional journeys of reconnecting with ancestral lands, while...

Free

Responses to 7 October

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us for a book talk by David Hirsch on his publication Responses to 7 October. RSVP to sajbd2@ctjc.co.za.

Free

Exhibition opening: The Holocaust in Senegal

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre for the launch of our latest temporary exhibition The Holocaust in Senegal: An Artist's Response by artist Joe Turpin. During his time in Senegal, Joe Turpin produced seven powerful artworks. Each work has a story behind it,...

Free

Film screening: Family Treasures: Lost & Found

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Thursday 19 September, 6pm for an in person film screening of Family Treasures: Lost & Found and a Q&A with Karen A. Frenkel and director Marcia Rock To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Free

Unpacking The Suitcase

Join us on Monday, 4 November, at 6 p.m. for a talk by author Gina Roitman on exploring our stories. To attend this event, please RSVP to events@sajewishmuseum.co.za

Free

Kristallnacht 1938: The final Accord in a Fateful Year

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Tuesday, 12 November, at 6pm as we commemorate the 86th Anniversary of the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht) with a lecture by Professor Hanna Yablonka. To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Free

Film screening: Edge of Light

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us for an in-person film screening of Edge of Light on Sunday, November 24, at 3pm, followed by a discussion with Polish Olympian Dariusz Popiela, dedicated to honouring the memory of Holocaust victims from remote villages and towns in southern Poland. To attend the...

Free

Betty Q

Join us for an online screening of a documentary featuring the trailblazing burlesque artist Betty Q. Hosted by Canadian-Jewish theater creator Michael Rubenfeld, this event offers a captivating glimpse into the vibrant world of contemporary Jewish artists in Poland, highlighting Betty Q's extraordinary talent and...

Some Were Neighbours Exhibition Opening

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on 10 December at 6 PM for the opening of the new temporary exhibition, Some Were Neighbors: Choice, Human Behaviour, and the Holocaust. Originally created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this thought-provoking exhibition explores the role of ordinary people in the...