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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Why Should We Care?

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

Keynote Session 4: Why Should We Care? Incorporating the story of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda into the narrative of the Holocaust museum Speaker: Tali Nates, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre Join us from 5-9 August for a series of public events accompanying...

Free

Why Should They Care? Holocaust education in post-Apartheid South Africa

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

Keynote Session 5: Why Should They Care? Holocaust education in post-Apartheid South Africa Speaker: Richard Freedman, Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre Join us from 5-9 August for a series of public events accompanying the Building Resilience Through Holocaust and Genocide Education Conference for museum...

Free

New realities of Holocaust education

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

Keynote Session 6: New realities of Holocaust education Speaker: Dr. Rocco Giansante, Yad Vashem Join us from 5-9 August for a series of public events accompanying the Building Resilience Through Holocaust and Genocide Education Conference for museum educators. To attend this event in-person, please Register...

Free

Building Resilience Through Holocaust and Genocide Education Conference Closing event

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

Closing Keynote Session Speaker: Ellen Germain, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Dept. of State Join us from 5-9 August for a series of public events accompanying the Building Resilience Through Holocaust and Genocide Education Conference for museum educators. To attend this event in-person, please...

Free

Post-Jewish: Uncomfortable Memory

Online
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join us on Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m. for a discussion with author Agnieszka Dobkiewicz on her book Post-Jewish: Uncomfortable Memory. In this compelling work, she explores the deep intertwining of Jewish heritage within Polish identity. To attend this event on Zoom, register using...

Free

CTHGC Annual Creative Project Awards Evening & Exhibition

Online

Join us for a ceremony on Sunday 25 August at 5pm honouring high school learners who participated in this year's Creative Project. To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

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