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"The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim" is the title of Barry Salzman’s latest exhibition housed at the JHGC. The exhibition displays 100 portraits of clothes which were worn by victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on the day they were killed. Salzman launched the exhibition at the JHGC on the 28th annual remembrance day of the genocide. In this podcast he speaks to us more...

In this episode we focus on the importance of safeguarding the law. Law is the basis of democracy, but what happens when the law is misused and becomes dangerous? Today we’ll unpack the idea of dangerous laws. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa; Prof Bjorn Krondorfer: Dire...

In this podcast we are thrilled to be talking to Dr Greg Mills who heads the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation. The Foundation was established in 2005 by the Oppenheimer family to strengthen African economic performance. Mills holds degrees from the Universities of Cape Town (BA Hons) and Lancaster (MA cum laude, and PhD), and was first, the director of Studies and then the national directo...

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in partnership with the Austrian Service Abroad, is pleased to introduce Ruben Schaller. Ruben is currently in Johannesburg to work as an intern (or Gedenkdiener) at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre as part of his Austrian Service Abroad. Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit organisation founded by Dr. Andreas Maislinger, an Austrian hist...

In this episode we focus on the topic of toxic masculinity, and the idea of "dangerous men". Toxic masculinity is a concept often used to define unhealthy attributes associated with men and maleness. From being unemotional and power-hungry to narcissistic and violent, men are oftentimes defined by these stereotypes, which create an unhealthy and unrealistic understanding of what it means to be a m...

In this episode we focus on the attacks of symbols of democracy, particularly the use of fire: From the Reichstag burning in 1933 in Berlin to Washington DC in January 2021 and the recent fire at the South African parliament. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa; Prof Bjorn...

76 years after the end of the Holocaust and World War 2, many scholars continue to research and uncover new information about this period. Also, Holocaust and Genocide studies has become a global focus of academic and research inquiry by scholars of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. In this podcast, we focus on Holocaust and antisemitism awareness in India and Asia. Joining us is Prof. Navras...

76 years after the end of the Holocaust and World War 2, many scholars continue to research and uncover new information about this period. Also, Holocaust and Genocide studies has become a global focus of academic and research inquiry by scholars of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. In this podcast, we focus on Holocaust and antisemitism awareness in India and Asia. Joining us is Prof. Navras...

This is the story of Kitty Schrott Drill. Born in Austria in 1934, and survived the Holocaust. Kitty and her family were some of the Jews who managed to escape Nazi persecution in Europe and flee to British Mandated Palestine, but were refused entry by the British government in 1940, and subsequently deported and detained on the island of Mauritius, until the end of the Holocaust in 1945. This is...

When we engage with the histories of genocide, crimes against humanity and mass atrocities and their aftermaths, the need for reparations, in whatever form, always becomes one of the prominent and topical issues. Usually, reparations are viewed in monitory or economic ways. Honouring, commemorating and memorialising the lives and struggles of those who perished or survived these mass atrocities an...

This is the story of Bonavanture Kageruka, born in 1975 near Kigali, in Rwanda, and survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This was a devastating genocide, where Hutu extremists targeted and attempted to destroy all Tutsi in Rwanda. In a period of 100 days, from April to July 1994, approximately 800 000 people, most of whom were Tutsi, were murdered. Bonavanture was Tutsi and surv...

This is the story of Christine Niwemfura, born in 1985 in Gitarama, in Rwanda, and survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This was a devastating genocide, where Hutu extremists targeted and attempted to destroy all Tutsi in Rwanda. In a period of 100 days, from April to July 1994, approximately 800 000 people, most of whom were Tutsi, were murdered. Christine Niwemfura was Tutsi a...

The Holocaust is the most documented genocide in history. Approximately six million Jews were murdered during the second world war by the Nazis in their intent to destroy the Jews of Europe. However, many Jews survived. This is the story of Maja Abramowitch. Maya, born in 1929 in Latvia, survived the Holocaust and after the end of the second world war relocated to South Africa. This is her story o...

The haunting legacy of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda continues to be a lesson and a warning, about what could happen when hate and division are allowed to thrive. From April to July 1994 approximately a million people were murdered, most of whom were Tutsi but also Hutu and Twa, by Hutu extremists in Rwanda. In this podcast we focus on the Arusha peace process that preceded the gen...

On 13 October 2021, Sweden hosts the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, titled Remember ReAct. This is a high-level forum, that includes heads of state and government, researchers, experts and civil society representatives from around 50 countries. The purpose of the Forum is to make forward-looking commitments to ensure that memory of the Holocaust is n...

The history of the persecution of Jewish people by the Vichy Colonial Regime in West Africa and specifically, in Senegal is an unfamiliar history to most people. Previously, we had a conversation with artist Joe Turpin, who created an amazing exhibition which documents this history. In this podcast we continue our focus on this history striving to shed more light and unpack its intricacies. Joinin...

In this episode we focus on dangerous medicine, exploring how science can be used and misused, and the challenge this represents to democracy. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa; Prof Bjorn Krondorfer: Director of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona Universit...

On 1st September 1939, Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of the second world war. A month later the Nazis began their occupation of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. This history of Poland and Warsaw are of critical importance in our understanding of the second world war and the Holocaust, and is featured in the permanent exhibition of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Cen...

The Holocaust is the most documented genocide in history. Approximately six million Jews were murdered during the second world war by the Nazis in their intent to destroy the Jews of Europe. However, many Jews survived. This is the story of Shlomo Pieprz. Shlomo, born in 1927 in Poland survived the Holocaust and after the end of the second world war relocated to South Africa. This is his story of...

In this episode we focus on the idea of dangerous education, exploring interference in education as a sign of a crisis of democracy, and policies of defunding education as a sign of questioning the universal concept of citizenship and destroying democratic infrastructure. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocau...

The Holocaust is the most documented genocide in history. Approximately six million Jews were murdered during the second world war by the Nazis in their intent to destroy the Jews of Europe. However, many Jews survived. Donald Krausz survived the Holocaust and after the end of the second world war he relocated to South Africa. This short story podcast presents his miraculous story of strength and...

In 1941 the Nazis began a genocidal process aimed at killing every Jewish man, woman and child in Europe. They called this the ‘Final Solution’. Six Killing Centres, also known as “Death Camps” or “Extermination Camps”, were created in German-occupied Poland. These Killing Centres were designed for mass murder of human beings as efficiently and quickly as possible in gas chambers or vans. Chelmno,...

The persecution of the Jews during the Second World War by the Vichy Colonial Regime in West Africa is an unfamiliar history to many in South Africa, Africa and around the world. Our focus in this week's podcast is to shed more light on this history and to unpack it’s intricacies. Joining us to do this is South African visual artist Joe Turpin. Joe was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1995. H...

Each year the 20th of June marks World Refugee Day. It is a special day when the world takes time to recognise the resilience of forcibly displaced people throughout the world. World Refugee Day is celebrated annually to honour the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. To mark this day,...

Religion is, of course, not dangerous in and of itself. Religion can be be a force of good or a force of bad. However, when religious movements or ideologies pose a threat to democracies and human rights, this threat usually manifests itself in two ways: a religious hierarchy supports tyrannical states or, in contrast, populist religious movements oppose a democratically elected government. In bot...