Latest Past Events

German Professionals and the Holocaust with Dr. William Frederick Meinecke Jr.

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5th programme in the series ‘The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry’: German Professionals and the Holocaust with Dr. William Frederick Meinecke Jr. “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” 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 […]

Uncovering Memory – Book Launch

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg

Uncovering Memory: Filming in South Africa, Germany, Poland and Bosnia/Herzegovina How can we remember events that we have not experienced but are somehow intertwined in our DNA? How can we go back to actual places of memory and engage with the act of remembering? How can we make the invisible memory that is locked in […]

Ethics and Education as Practices of Freedom with Professor Pedro Tabensky

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 1 Duncombe Rd, Johannesburg

Adolf Eichmann was a good careerist and a terrible human being. He understood what was demanded of him to succeed professionally in his time. But as Hannah Arendt famously put it in her report on his trial in Jerusalem, he was thoughtless; the inner dialogue central to agential existence was largely absent from his life. […]