This dance performance uses the story of Hannahâs Dance and the Kulturbundâs plan to save Jewish dancers during World War II as a starting point explore contemporary issues in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Movement, mask work, song, poetry and metaphors come together to create a magical piece of ritual theatre exploring healing from political trauma. […]
We are honoured to have the Ambassador of Denmark, H.E. Thomas Winkler to open this special commemoration programme about a most incredible act of rescue. Almost all of the seven thousand Jews living in Nazi occupied Denmark, managed to escape the Holocaust. What made Denmark the exception to the systemised horror? Bo Lidegaard, a historian […]
âThe Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestryâ is an 8 part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes, impacts, and legacies of the Holocaust. The […]
On September 26, 1943 about 230 Jews accomplished a daring escape from the Novogrudok (Navardok) labor camp in Belarus (White Russia) via an underground tunnel dug by the inmates over a period of several months. In this programme, we will focus on this less known escape. Lady Gilbert give the opening remarks. Afterwards, Dr. Silberklang […]
Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry series: Memory Studies: Museums and Memorials with Dr Mirjam Zadoff âThe Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestryâ is an 8 part series that engages with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series explores the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. Our experts challenge […]
You are invited to a special commemoration of the June 1941 lasi Pogrom. The programme will feature testimony by lasi pogrom survivor, Lyonell Fliss, as well as a conversation with HE. Mrs Monica Sitaru, Ambassador of Romania to South Africa, Mr Enrico Brandt, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to South Africa, and […]
âBridge Over Troubled Waterâ: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis Session 1: A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust In these turbulent times, we find strength in the bonds we share with our friends as well as in our commitment to […]
Please join Khulu Radebe and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre for the launch of their book, Comrade King, which will include a conversation between Khulu Radebe will be in conversation with Jeff Kelly Lowenstein. At age 50, and proving a prophet's prediction correct, Khulu Radebe learned about his royal roots. […]
This book describes the narratives of child Holocaust survivors and their experiences of complex trauma, complicated bereavement, ageing, resilience and existential loneliness. The work is unique in that it describes the trauma of child Holocaust survivors who were placed in concentration camps. Most children were killed on entry. Child survivors were rare. These survivors went […]
The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in collaboration with the Association of Siberian Deportees, Sol Plaatje University, and the Embassy of Poland in South Africa invite you to the 10th South Africa-Poland Heritage Conference: Southern Africa - On the Edges of Polish Identity, with a presentation by Mary Mbewe (Mulungushi University, Zambia) on Memorialisation of […]
The Holocaust was a catastrophe for its direct Jewish victims in Europe. For the non-Jewish and non-European âdistant observersâ of the Holocaust in sub-Saharan Africa, the Nazi anti-Jewish campaign in Europe had a particular significance. The Speaker, Dr. Edward Kissi, author of Africans and the Holocaust: perceptions and responses of colonized and sovereign peoples, will look at how […]
Jazz Against Apartheid (JAA) was started in 1986 in Berlin by JuÌrgen Leinhos, now 85 years old, and his Frankfurt-based initiative âKultur im Ghettoâ (Culture in the Ghetto). The first event included musical specialists from the UK, Switzerland and the EU, particularly Germany, joining together in honouring Johnny with the performance of Dyani compositions. Following […]
