Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi
2023-04-23 14:00 - 15:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
29th Commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Sunday 23 April, 2pm

Join us for a special commemoration ceremony.RSVP to attend in person by emailing ambapretoria@minaffet.gov.rw

Sharing Their Stories: Uprisings & Resistance
2023-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Join us to commemorate
Yom HaShoah and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Sharing Their Stories: A Story-Infused Lecture
Resistance and Uprisings During the Holocaust

This programme brings together scholars and storytellers, creating a unique evening of history and commemoration.
The lecture will delve in to the historical aspects of Jewish resistance and uprisings in ghettos and camps during the Holocaust. Our historical discussion will be infused with testimony-based stories of Jewish heroines told by four different storytellers from Teach the Shoah and the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre.

Featuring lecturer Lynne Feldman, storytellers Orli Barnet (CTHGC), Joanne Gilbert, Deborah Fripp, and Violet Neff-Helms, along with the poetry of Karen Webber.
Register here: TheirStories.org/Apr23STS
This programme is on Zoom. All are welcome.
For assistance, please contact the CTHGC: 021 462 5553 / admin@holocaust.org.za
info@teachtheshoah.org

Its Complicated: Polish-Jewish Relations in Contemporary Polandby Jakub Nowakowski
2023-05-07 17:00 - 18:30
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

Book launch: I am Ella
2023-06-11 15:00 - 17:00
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

The World was Ours
2023-06-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-07-09 11:00 - 12:30, 2023-07-23 11:00 - 12:30, 2023-07-30 11:00 - 12:30 | 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

Celebrating Chayela in Song
2023-06-25 17:00 - 21:00
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 for the 5pm or the 7:30pm slot, simply email danielle@holocaust.org.za for the 5pm slot or admin@holocaust.org.za for the 7:30pm slot with your full name, mobile number and number of tickets. You will contacted to confirm the booking and to arrange for payment.

The Mervyn Smith Memorial Lecture by David Fishman
2023-06-28 20:00 - 21:30 | Online
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

Better Don't Talk
2023-07-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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 actress, Chayela.

Searching for Papas Secrets in Hitler's Berlin
2023-07-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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

The Paper Brigade
2023-07-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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 Nazi occupation.

Rethinking Yiddish Theatre - Now and Then
2023-07-16 18:00 - 19:30
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 still apparent today.

Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin
2023-07-30 18:00 - 19:30 | 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
2023-08-13 17:00 - 18:30 | 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.

Samuel Bak and the Art of his Time
2023-08-14 18:00 - 19:30 | 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 OF HIS TIME, another world famous survivor of the Vilna GhettoTo attend the event in person, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Seeing Auschwitz Exhibition Opening
2023-09-20 18:00 - 19:30 | 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 of Auschwitz.
To attend the event in person, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Stories from the Vilna Ghetto
2023-09-27 19:00 - 20:30 | 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

Book talk: Final Solutions by Konstanty Gebert
2023-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 | 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 will serve as an introduction to Konstanty Gebert’s latest book, Final Solutions: Genocide Perpetrators and their Work, which was published in Polish earlier this year. The discussion will be framed around the concept of genocide from a legal perspective, and the book provides a comprehensive global history of mass murder spanning the last 120 years.

Film Screening: Facing Auschwitz
2023-10-30 18:00 - 19:30 | 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

In the Country of Numbers Where the Men Have No Names exhibition opening
2023-11-05 18:00 - 19:30 | 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

November Pogroms Commemoration Ceremony
2023-11-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Join us online on Thursday 9 November at 7pm for the 85th Commemoration Ceremony of the November Pogrom. The event with a keynote address from Holocaust survivor and environmentalist Nat Shaffir.
Register using this link

Commemoration of the 90 Anniversary of Ukraine’s Great Famine of 1932-33
2023-11-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Monday 27 November at 6pm as we commemorate the 90 Anniversary of Ukraine’s Great Famine of 1932-33. The event will include remarks by the Ukrainian Ambassador HE Ms. Liubov Abravitova, the official opening of Yuliya Fedorovych’s Holodomor exhibition and a panel discussion on Communicating Trauma via Art.
RSVP for this event by emaling admin@holocaust.org.za.

Catastrophic Grief, Trauma and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors
2023-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Sunday 3 December at 3pm for the launch of Catastrophic Grief, Trauma and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors by Dr. Tracey Farber, Prof. Gill Eagle and Prof. Cora SmithThis book talk will be accompanying the Seeing Aushwitz exhibition on display at our Centre until the end of February 2024.To attend the event in person, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

The Auschwitz Album
2023-12-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Wednesday 6 December at 7pm for a webinar by Liz Elsby on The Auschwitz AlbumThis talk will be accompanying the Seeing Aushwitz exhibition on display at our Centre until the end of February 2024.To register for this event on zoom, please use the link https://bit.ly/3G5p6rWVP

Still forgotten victims since Nazi-times
2024-01-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Thursday 18 January at 6pm for a talk by Dr Lutz van Dijk commemorating gay men and other sexual minorities who were victims of the Nazi regime.This talk will be accompanying the Seeing Auschwitz exhibition on display at our Centre until the 23 February 2024.To attend the event in person, please RSVP to admin@holocaust.org.za.

Beneath the skin exhibition opening
2024-01-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us on Sunday 28 January for the opening of the “Beneath the Skin” exhibition. The exhibition created by Mike Fischer reflects on the horrors and potential genocide of Jews across Europe. Through site-specific works that include ceramics, sculpture and wall hangings, Fisher seeks to honour the memory of those who perished and convey the incomprehensible suffering and trauma experienced by survivors.

2024-01-28 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for an online ceremony to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
2024-01-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
Join us online on Sunday 28 January at 7pm as we commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz- International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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