{{The South African government is constructing a facility that will be known as Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
The center will be unveiled when Rwanda’s 20th Commemoration of genocide against the Tutsi.}}
Rwanda’s Envoy to South Africa, HE Vincent Karega was quoted by a local daily saying, that the Rwandan embassy in Johannesburg is already collaborating with the Holocaust & Genocide center.
“We have linked up the center with Rwanda’s National Commission for the fight against Genocide (CNLG) and Rwanda has been urged to provide its support to the construction of Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide center”
The Holocaust & Genocide center (JHGC) is dedicated to Holocaust and genocide education and memory.
The Holocaust will be featured beside a more local genocide: the Rwandan genocide against ethnic Tutsi in1994.
According to JHGC website, the inclusion of the African mass murder is not a mere gesture toward political correctness in what will be the third Holocaust museum in Africa. Rather it will be an integral part of the planned Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
“The Rwandan section is a prominent part of the permanent exhibition, not an afterthought,” said center director Tali Nates. “It will be a shared museum.”
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