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Theatre of war: Alistair Moulton Black as Aleksander and Aimee Mica Komorowsky as Mirela in the play Sarajevo.
AIMEE MICA KOMOROWSKY

Hell is others: Sarajevo and the tragedy of intimacy

In war-torn Sarajevo, desire collides with brutality in a play that refuses resolution or easy moral comfort

  • Ashraf Jamal
4 min read
Making a museum: Fine artist Clive van den Berg says he used a flexible grid system, editable when displays become tired, in designing the permanent exhibition of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CLIVE VAN DEN BERG

SA genocide museum opens

Permanent exhibition elements are arranged to immerse visitors fully in the experience

  • Robyn Sassen
7 min read
The children stayed in a military barracks in Oudtshoorn, which also served as a school.
GERMANY

SA’s Poles recall a bitter journey

On November 11, the Polish diaspora in South Africa honoured the 500 children who found refuge in Oudtshoorn in 1943

  • Iga Motylska
6 min read
JOHANNESBURG HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE CENTRE

Genocide hub’s vow: Never again

Johannesburg’s new holocaust centre will memorialise humanity’s darkest hours across the world.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
5 min read
GAUTENG

Jhb Holocaust Centre on the move

Plans are on track for the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to move to new premises next year.

  • Thabo Mohlala
3 min read