Representing the Holocaust in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Using the case study of the South Africa’s newest museum, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, historian Tali Nates will explore the connections made between Holocaust and genocide history to past and contemporary human rights violations in South Africa.

Tali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. She serves on many advisory boards including that of the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences, Monash University (IIEMSA), South Africa. Tali was one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered.