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.
Register using the link: bit.ly/4jkMnZj Join us on Sunday, 23 March at 7 PM for the launch of Richard K. Lowy's powerful new book, Kalman & Leopold. This gripping story shares vivid recollections of two young Auschwitz survivors, detailing life in the camp and encounters with SS doctor Josef...
Join us on Tuesday 22 April at 7pm (SAST) / 8pm (IST) for an online talk by Sarah Levy exploring the remarkable story of Yad Vashem, from its origins in 1942 to its role today as the world’s largest Holocaust memorial. The speaker Levy will...
We invite you to join us for the opening of the Kwibuka Rwanda: Commemorative Practices of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi exhibition. Based on Dr. Julia Viebach’s research on memory and justice in Rwanda, this powerful exhibition highlights the resilience of genocide survivors as they...
Join us for a fascinating webinar with Liz Elsby, to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camps and the end of WWII in Europe. Through powerful visual testimonies—created in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust and decades later—we will explore how survivors...
Join us on Tuesday 27 May at 6pm for a moving evening of remembrance and reflection as we mark the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with a screening of the acclaimed documentary Grandmas' Tattoos by filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian. This powerful film uncovers the harrowing and...
Join us on Thursday 12 June at 7pm for an extraordinary online lecture and concert with Grammy-nominated producer Dan Rosenberg and JUNO-winning singer Lenka Lichtenberg. Together, they will share the deeply moving stories behind their award-winning music projects based on Holocaust poetry. To attend this event on Zoom, register using...
The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre is honoured to invite you to the launch of the second volume of In Sacred Memory, a poignant new publication that preserves the voices of those who endured one of history's darkest chapters. As we mark the 80th anniversary...
Join us on Monday 23 June at 7pm for a compelling evening with bestselling historian Laurence Rees as he delves into his latest work, The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings From History. This thought-provoking exploration blends historical analysis with cutting-edge psychology to uncover how individuals became complicit in one of history’s greatest...
After 1945, both parts of Germany found it difficult to come to terms with their own responsibility for Nazi crimes. They were concealed and trivialised. It was not until the 1990s that a self-critical view began to prevail. Today, the culture of remembrance is under...