Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

Public Lecture: Mirror of Memory by Mina Miller
2019-02-17 17:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Since 1998, Music of Remembrance (MOR) has remembered the Holocaust through music. Founder and artistic director Mina Miller will share how this unique organization has honored the memory of Europe’s murdered Jews, and also told stories of others targeted by Nazi persecution: homosexuals, Roma, political dissidents, free-thinking artists, intellectuals, and others. In addition to performing music from that period, the organization has commissioned over 30 new Holocaust-inspired works by some of today’s leading composers, exploring the lives of people who experienced the Holocaust in different ways and in different places. In her presentation, Miller will share some of the highlights as examples of how music can help keep memory fresh and relevant for people of all generations.

Miller is the child of Jewish Lithuanian refugees from Kovno and Rietevas. She has made two trips to Lithuania to research her family’s history, and has an amazing story to share from that experience.

Deadly Medicine Event Series – Book Discussion - AMONG THE REEDS: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust
2019-02-12 20:00 - 21:30
Join Dr Bottner as she discusses her Amazon best-selling debut book, AMONG THE REEDS: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust the author recounts the moving story of her own family’s travails in war-torn Europe.

Deadly Medicine Event Series – Book Discussion - AMONG THE REEDS: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust
2019-02-12 20:00 - 21:30
Join Dr Bottner as she discusses her Amazon best-selling debut book, AMONG THE REEDS: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust. The author recounts the moving story of her own family’s travails in war-torn Europe.

Deadly Medicine Event Series – Disability & Sexuality panel discussion
2019-02-04 20:00 - 21:30

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
2019-01-27 20:00 - 22:00
This memorial day (commemorated each year on the 27th of January, the anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz) is aimed at remembering the victims of the Holocaust, and examining the dangers of antisemitism and other forms of prejudice as well as promoting a commitment to Holocaust education by the member states of the United Nations.
The event will include a screening of the film ‘Who Will Write our History’, a candle lighting ceremony and a message from the UN Secretary General António Guterres.

Deadly Medicine Event Series - Book discussion: 'Able Bodied: Scenes from a Curious Life'
2019-01-22 20:00 - 21:00
Prof Leslie Swartz in Conversation with Dr Brian Watermeyer on his book ‘Able Bodied’.
‘Able-Bodied’ is a unique account of how being the son of a disabled man and the product of an eccentric family brought Leslie Swartz to a professional life working with disability issues. Poignant and often hilarious, Able-Bodied is a tale of conflict, achievement, pain and triumph. It is a fascinating blend of personal narrative, anecdote and reflection on society, medicine and ethics.
This event There forms part of the Deadly Medicine event series which is linked to the Deadly Medicine exhibition. The Deadly Medicine Exhibition is available at the centre till 6 March, 2019.

A Town Called Brzostek
2018-12-12 20:00 - 21:00

Official re-opening: Deadly Medicine Exhibition
2018-12-10 20:00 - 22:00

Trauma and Memory: The Concentration Camps of the South African War, 1888-1902
2018-11-28 20:00 - 21:30
