Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

Film screening: Family Treasures: Lost & Found
2024-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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

Unpacking The Suitcase
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:30
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

Kristallnacht 1938: The final Accord in a Fateful Year
2024-11-12 18:00 - 19:30 | 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

Film screening: Edge of Light
2024-11-24 15:00 - 16:30 | 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 event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Betty Q
2024-12-04 19:00 - 20:30
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 perspective.
Register using the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvcO2urTwpHdSKYIoB6q6qdYUaP_HCopHz

Some Were Neighbours Exhibition Opening
2024-12-10 18:00 - 19:30 | 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 Holocaust, examining the choices and behaviours that shaped history. The programme will include a video conversation with Dr Aleisa Fishman, Acting Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education. Don’t miss this powerful and insightful event.
To attend in-person at the Centre, RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Degenerate Music by Adrienne Haan
2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
The award-winning cabaret artist Adrienne Haan will give a lecture on the subject of “Degenerate music.” RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Tehorah Concert by Adrienne Haan
2025-01-26 18:00 - 20:00
Adrienne Haan is bringing her Carnegie Hall concert Tehorah to the Jewish Museum to honour the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and hence International Holocaust Remembrance Day, appointed as such by the United Nations in NY in 2005. The concert takes place at the Old Shul at the Jewish Museum on Sunday, January 26, 6 pm. Tickets are 250 ZAR and should be purchased early as we expect to sell out soon.
Click here for tickets.

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
2025-01-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Monday 27 January at 6pm as we commemorate the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The event will feature a candle-lighting ceremony with Holocaust survivors, a guided tour of the Some Were Neighbors exhibition, and an online lecture titled Beyond Auschwitz: The Vanished World of Eastern European Jews by photographer and blogger Christian Herrmann.

To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Africa
2025-02-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Monday 3 February at 6pm for a talk by Prof. Shirli Gilbert on the Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Africa.
To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

The Last Time We Were Children
2025-02-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Wednesday 5 February at 6pm for a special screening of The Last Time We Were Children, a powerful film that brings to life the untold stories of resilience, friendship, and survival during the Holocaust. Through the eyes of its young protagonists, this poignant film explores the unbreakable bonds forged in the face of unimaginable hardship.

To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

A Changing Landscape of Jewish Heritage in Eastern Europe
2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Thursday, 20 February, for a special webinar with award-winning writer and expert Ruth Ellen Gruber as she shares her unique perspective on the evolution of Jewish heritage across Eastern Europe over the past 35 years. Ruth will reflect on the challenges and opportunities faced in preserving this history, and help us consider the future of these enduring legacies in a rapidly changing world.
To attend this webinar on Zoom, register using the link: https://bit.ly/3Q3URGE

FC Bayern Munich During Nation Socialism
2025-02-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Monday 24 February for the official opening of the FC Bayern Munich During Nation Socialism. This exhibition explores FC Bayern Munich’s history during the Nazi era, highlighting the club’s role in National Socialism and the fates of members who were Jewish or opposed the regime.
To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Echoes of the Past
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Thursday, 6 March, as Dr. Simonas Strelcova, Director of the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History, takes us on a profound journey through Lithuania’s Jewish heritage. He will delve into Vilnius’s rich legacy, the impact of the Holocaust, and the museum’s vital efforts to preserve history and shape the future.
To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Book launch: Kalman and Leopold
2025-03-23 19:00 - 20:30
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 Mengele. Richard K. Lowy, Leopold’s son, brings these haunting experiences to life with profound authenticity.

The remarkable story of Yad Vashem by Sarah Levy
2025-04-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
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 delve into its evolution and the influences that shaped it.
To attend this webinar on Zoom, register using the link: https://bit.ly/4cpRW5v

The book of Curses
2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Exhibition opening: Kwibuka Rwanda
2025-05-11 15:00 - 17:00
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 confront loss and trauma.The event will include a candle-lighting ceremony in honour of the victims, providing a moment for reflection and solidarity.
We look forward to welcoming you as we pay tribute to the past and commit ourselves to fostering understanding and remembrance for future generations.

To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

The Pain and Promise of Liberation: Artistic Testimonies
2025-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
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 used art to confront pain, preserve memory, and reclaim their voices.

Register using the link: https://bit.ly/3YGAJz2

Film screening: Grandmas' Tattoos
2025-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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 untold stories of women who suffered during the Armenian Genocide, revealing a legacy of trauma and resilience.

The screening will be followed by an online discussion with a member of the local Armenian community Davít Abrahamyán.

To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Silent Tears
2025-06-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
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 link: https://bit.ly/4jnuLuq

Book Launch: In Sacred Memory Vol 2
2025-06-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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 of the liberation of the concentration camps, this companion volume shares the untold stories of 24 Holocaust survivors who found refuge in Cape Town. These deeply personal accounts of flight, hiding, resistance, and survival bear witness to extraordinary resilience amidst unimaginable tragedy.

To attend the event at the Centre, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings From History
2025-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
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 crimes.
To attend this event on Zoom, register using the link: https://bit.ly/43getif

History of dealing with the history of Nazi crimes in Germany since 1945
2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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 massive attack from right-wing extremists.
To attend in person RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.
About the speaker
Jens-Christian Wagner, born in 1966, studied history and Romance philology in Göttingen and Santiago de Chile. After completing his doctorate at the University of Göttingen and working on the permanent exhibition at the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum (1996/97), he was a visiting scholar at the research programme ‘History of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in National Socialism’ (Berlin). From 2001 to 2014 he was director of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (Nordhausen) and subsequently director of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation and the Bergen-Belsen Memorial. Since 2020, he is director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation and professor for history in the public and in the media at the University of Jena. Main areas of research: History of National Socialism and its consequences (especially concentration camps and forced labour), cultures of remembrance after 1945, historical revisionism, anti-Semitism.

Reawakening Memory
2025-08-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Creative Project Awards Evening
2025-08-31 17:00 - 18:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Sweet Home Sweet exhibition opening
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
It is our honour to invite you to the opening of “Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and Return”, a temporary exhibition dedicated to three generations of the Ores family and their relationship with Poland. The exhibition examines how Holocaust memory and narratives are transmitted across generations, and how the children and grandchildren of survivors engage with contemporary Poland.
The opening will feature a lecture by Tomasz Strug, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków, Poland.
This exhibit offers a naunced look at personal histories, the weight of memories, and the dynamics of coming back to origins.
To learn more about the exhibition:
https://ctholocaust.co.za/sweet-home-sweet-exhibition/
To attend the event at the Centre, RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Where They Settled: Holocaust Survivors in South Africa
2025-10-23 20:00 - 21:30
Event hosted by Holocaust Museum LA

Exploring different communities that Holocaust survivors built after liberation, this program focuses on the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
For more details visit the website.

Memory Works
2025-10-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Monday 27 October at 6pm for an exclusive presentation by renowned Argentine artist and activist Marcelo Brodsky at the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre. Brodsky will present Memory Works — a curated selection of his most acclaimed projects, weaving together personal and collective histories through powerful visual essays.
To attend the event at the Centre, RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Film screening: Letters from Brno
2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Tuesday 4 November at 6PM for a powerful screening of “Letters from BRNO”. This moving film tells the story of Jeffery L. Gary’s grandfather, a Holocaust survivor who fled Czechoslovakia, and his poignant connection to a young girl in Brno through letters and shared history. Exploring themes of identity, heritage, and human connection, ‘Letters from Brno’ is a testament to the enduring power of stories and memory.
To attend the event at the Centre, RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za
