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.
Join us for a public lecture on Polish-Jewish Relations in Contemporary Poland by Jakub Nowakowski on Sunday 7 May at 5pm. RSVP to attend in person by emailing admin@holocaust.org.za
Join us for the in-person book launch of "I am Ella" on Sunday 11 June, 3pm. RSVP to attend in person by emailing admin@holocaust.org.za
A documentary chronicling the rich, vibrant history of the Jewish community of Vilna (then Poland, now Lithuania,) known as “The Jerusalem of Lithuania”, before its destruction in World War II Please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za
Sunday 25 June 5pm or 7:30pm| Ticket: R180 In-person ticket Join Bervely Chiat, Ivor Joffe, Caely-Jo Levy and Zola for musical evening. Tickets go for R180 per person. Space is limited, book now to avoid disappointment. To book a Celebrating Chayela in Song Concert ticket...
Join us on Wednesday 28 June at 8pm for the Mervyn Smith Memorial Lecture by Prof. David Fishman on Spiritual Resistance in the Vilna Ghetto: The Story of the "Paper Brigade".To attend the event at the centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za and to register for the Zoom livestream, use the link: bit.ly/44dhoFT
Join for a screening of the documentary film Better Don't Talk Date: Sunday 2 July. Time: 6pm. RSVP by calling 021 462 5553 or emailing admin@holocaust.org.za Naava Piatka’s internationally acclaimed musical performance piece about the remarkable life and times of her mother, Holocaust survivor and...
Join us for a talk by Egonne Roth on her book Searching for Papas Secrets in Hitler's Berlin. Date: Wednesday 5 July. Time: 6pm. RSVP by calling 021 462 5553 or emailing admin@holocaust.org.za
A documentary chronicling the rich, vibrant history of the Jewish community of Vilna (then Poland, now Lithuania,) known as “The Jerusalem of Lithuania”, before its destruction in World War II Please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za
RSVP by calling 021 462 5553 or emailing admin@holocaust.org.za An award winning documentary that tells the moving story of the resistance group “The Paper Brigade”, a group of Jewish writers, scholars, and librarians who desperately tried to rescue Jewish cultural treasures in Vilnius during the...
Join us for a panel discussion on Rethinking Yiddish Theatre - Now and Then. Date: Sunday 16 July. Time: 6pm. RSVP by calling 021 462 5553 or emailing admin@holocaust.org.za This discussion will give an overview of local Yiddish Theatre, Chayela Rosenthal’s contribution, and the influence...