Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

From Looting to Legacy
2026-03-26 18:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

Concert: Sound of Freedom
2026-04-23 18:00 - 19:30
The Embassy of Poland in Pretoria, in cooperation with the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the South African Jewish Museum invite you on a musical journey, “Sound of Freedom”, with exceptional young Polish artists. The Karolina & Iwo Duo will guide the audience through powerful works by world-acclaimed composers, including Frédéric Chopin, alongside music by prominent Polish Jewish composers such as Aleksander Tansman and Szymon Laks, performed on violin and accordion.
Venue: Old Shul

Free entry, RSVP required: admin@holocaust.org.za

Holocaust in Kharkiv: Memory, War, and the Struggle for Historical Truth
2026-05-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, together with the EVZ Foundation and Yahad-In Unum, invites you to a screening of the short documentary Holocaust in Kharkiv, followed by a conversation on the challenges of researching, preserving, and teaching the history of the Holocaust in times of war.
Panelists
Lesya Kharchenko – Documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Kyiv whose work explores war, memory, and human dignity.
Michał Chojak – Director of the Research Center at Yahad-In Unum, specialising in the history of mass shootings of Jews and Roma in Eastern Europe.
Lara Alexa Nagel – Political scientist at the EVZ Foundation focusing on Holocaust remembrance and educational initiatives.
Register for the webinar
