Cape Town Holocaust Centre

The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre began as Africa's first Holocaust centre founded in 1999.[1]The museum is situated in the downtown neighbourhood of Gardens in Cape Town. It is located in the grounds of Gardens Shul, and is in the same complex as the South African Jewish Museum and the Gardens Jewish Community Centre. It is also close to the Iziko South African National Gallery and Houses of Parliament[2]. The centre works towards creating a more caring and just society in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued.[3] 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.[4]

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre
Cape Town Holocaust Centre is located in Cape Town
Cape Town Holocaust Centre
Location within Cape Town
Established1999
Location88 Hatfield St
Gardens
Cape Town
Coordinates33.9302989°S 18.4166267°E / -33.9302989; 18.4166267
TypeHolocaust museum
DirectorHeather Blumenthal
Websitectholocaust.co.za

The museum has a permanent exhibition that combines text, archival photographs, film footage, documents, multimedia displays and recreated environments.[5] 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 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.[6]

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.[7] 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. Memory Going Global: The Jewish Museum and Holocaust Centre in Cape Town AJS Perspectives. Spring 2010
  3. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre https://ctholocaust.co.za/about/ Retrieved 2020-10-13
  4. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre https://ctholocaust.co.za/about/ Retrieved 2020-10-13
  5. 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
  6. Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre Retrieved 2020-10-13
  7. "Exhibition". Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
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