Cape Town Holocaust Centre

The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre began as Africa's first Holocaust centre founded in 1999.[1] The Centre works towards creating a more caring and just society in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued.[2] Through exhibitions, events and workshops, they endeavour to commemorate the victims and survivors of the Nazi regime and the numerous genocides that happened before and since the Holocaust.[3]

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre
Location within Cape Town
Established1999
Location88 Hatfield St, Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinates33.9302989°S 18.4166267°E / -33.9302989; 18.4166267
TypeHolocaust museum
DirectorHeather Blumenthal
Websitehttp://ctholocaust.co.za/

The museum has a permanent exhibition that combines text, archival photographs, film footage, documents, multimedia displays and recreated environments.[4] They also offer educational programmes of various types, for groups such as students or educators. The Holocaust is taught within a South African context; lessons on racism and the apartheid are mixed together.

Tourist Information

The Centre is open from 10 am to 4 pm from Sunday-Thursday and 10-2 on Friday. Admission is free. Visitors can contact the centre at 021-462 5553 or admin@holocaust.co.za.[5]

Exhibition

The permanent exhibition is made up of three different galleries. The first is dedicated to Racism and Discrimination, the second to the Third Reich and the third to Ghettos.[6] Racism and Discrimination (Gallery 1) includes the following sections:

The Third Reich (Gallery 2) includes
  • Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust
  • Germany and the rise of Nazism 1919-1933
  • The Third Reich 1933-1939
  • The power of propaganda (masses)
  • The power of propaganda (youth)
  • Antisemitic policies
  • They too were victims
  • The Nazi concentration camp universe
  • Nazi camps
  • Seeking refuge
  • Kristallnacht-The night of broken glass
  • Nazism engulfs the Jews of Europe
  • Collection on Deportation and the Death Camps
  • Collection on Seeking Justice

Ghettos (Gallery 3) includes
  • Segregation and isolation
  • The Warsaw Ghetto
  • Mass murder begins

Highlights Include:

  • Collection on Anne Frank
  • 20 minute video of Local survivors' Testimony

Patrons

Trustees
  • (Chairman)Gerald Diamond
  • Philip Krawitz
  • Natalie Barnett
  • Ann Harris
  • Myra Osrin
  • Ernest Kajabo
  • Beverley Cohen
  • Prof Milton Shain
  • Prof Tim Murithi


See also

References
  1. Tali Nates. Holocaust Education in South Africa https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/docs/paper12.shtml Retrieved 2020-10-13
  2. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre https://ctholocaust.co.za/about/ Retrieved 2020-10-13
  3. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre https://ctholocaust.co.za/about/ Retrieved 2020-10-13
  4. Cape Town Holocaust Centre>Our Centre http://www.ctholocaust.co.za/cape-town/cape_town-main.htm Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-07-05
  5. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre Retrieved 2020-10-13
  6. "Exhibition". Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
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