CTHGC Events Calendar

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.

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The World was Ours

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

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

Free

The World was Ours

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

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

Free

Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us a screening of the documentary film Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin. Date: Sunday 30 July. Time: 6pm. RSVP by calling 021 462 5553 or emailing admin@holocaust.org.za

Creative Project Awards Ceremony

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us for an awards ceremony honouring high school learners who participated in this year’s Creative Project.

Free

Samuel Bak and the Art of his Time

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

As part of the lecture series around the Chayela Rosenthal – Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto  exhibition, The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre is proud to announce the forthcoming launch, two days after his 90th birthday, of the biography,  SAMUEL BAK AND THE ART...

Free

Seeing Auschwitz Exhibition Opening

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Wednesday 20 September at 6pm for the Official Opening of the Seeing Auschwitz Exhibition. The opening address will include an address by German Consul General Tanja Werheit and a panel discussion with Paweł Sawicki, Jakub Nowakowski and Orli Barnett on the Symbolism...

Free

Stories from the Vilna Ghetto

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Wednesday 27 September at 7pm for a storytelling webinar looking at Stories from the Vilna Ghetto followed by a panel discussion on the power of storytelling and the importance of preserving Holocaust testimonies. Register to attend on Zoom using the link https://bit.ly/45GtFnA  

Free

Book talk: Final Solutions by Konstanty Gebert

Online

Join us on Monday 23 October at 7pm for an online discussion with author Konstanty Gebert on his book Final Solutions: Genocide Perpetrators and their Work. This webinar is part of an event series accompanying the Seeing Auschwitz exhibition. Register for this event This event...

Free

Film Screening: Facing Auschwitz

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us on Monday 30 October at 6pm for a film screening of Facing Auschwitz with producer, Iris Singer. This film screening is part of an event series accompanying the Seeing Auschwitz exhibition. To attend this event in-person, please RSVP to admin@holocalocast.org.za

Free

In the Country of Numbers Where the Men Have No Names exhibition opening

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Join us in-person on Sunday 5 November at 6pm for the official opening of the In the Country of Numbers Where the Men Have No Names exhibition with a keynote address from the curator Dr. Astrid Ley. RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za

Free