From Looting to Legacy
2026-03-26 18:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Film Screening: Passage To Sweden
2026-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Set against the backdrop of WWII, geography and politics shaped different experiences for Jews in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Budapest. The film reveals how ordinary people and entire nations saved thousands of Jewish lives. These remarkable stories of resistance and those who were saved are a powerful reminder that anyone can make a difference.
Screening will be followed by an online conversation with Suzannah Warlick, film producer and director.
RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Concert: Sound of Freedom
2026-04-23 18:00 - 19:30
The Embassy of Poland in Pretoria, in cooperation with the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the South African Jewish Museum invite you on a musical journey, “Sound of Freedom”, with exceptional young Polish artists. The Karolina & Iwo Duo will guide the audience through powerful works by world-acclaimed composers, including Frédéric Chopin, alongside music by prominent Polish Jewish composers such as Aleksander Tansman and Szymon Laks, performed on violin and accordion.
Venue: Old Shul

Free entry, RSVP required: admin@holocaust.org.za

Holocaust in Kharkiv: Memory, War, and the Struggle for Historical Truth
2026-05-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, together with the EVZ Foundation and Yahad-In Unum, invites you to a screening of the short documentary Holocaust in Kharkiv, followed by a conversation on the challenges of researching, preserving, and teaching the history of the Holocaust in times of war.
Panelists
Lesya Kharchenko – Documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Kyiv whose work explores war, memory, and human dignity.
Michał Chojak – Director of the Research Center at Yahad-In Unum, specialising in the history of mass shootings of Jews and Roma in Eastern Europe.
Lara Alexa Nagel – Political scientist at the EVZ Foundation focusing on Holocaust remembrance and educational initiatives.
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The hour of revenge
2026-06-17 19:00 - 21:30 | Online
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Join us for a lecture by Katarzyna Person, one of Poland’s leading Holocaust historians and recipient of the 2024 Dan David Prize. Drawing on her acclaimed new book, The Hour of Revenge, Person explores the complex and often overlooked experiences of Holocaust survivors in the aftermath of the Second World War. Moving beyond narratives of victimhood, she examines how Polish Jews grappled with questions of revenge, justice, belonging, and reconstruction as they sought to rebuild their lives across a shattered Europe. This compelling talk offers fresh insights into the emotional and social aftermath of genocide and the challenges of rebuilding communities after catastrophe.
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