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Polokwane (UK: / ˌ p ɒ l ə ˈ k w ɑː n i /, [2] meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho [3] [4] [5]), also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north of Gauteng .
The Sand River or Polokwane River [3] (Afrikaans: Sandrivier) is a watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa, a right hand tributary of the Limpopo River. Its new name "Polokwane River" is homonymous with the name of the town of Polokwane , formerly Pietersburg, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) upriver from its mouth.
It belongs to a category of the so-called 'roots tourism' usually across parts of Central Europe, [2] or, more generally, the Western-style dark tourism to sites of death and disaster. [ 3 ] The term Holocaust , first used in the late 1950s, was derived from the Greek word holokauston meaning a completely burnt offering to God.
An article called "Moral Trauma and the Holocaust" was published in the New York Times on February 12, 1968. [18] However, it was not until the late 1970s that the Nazi genocide became the generally accepted conventional meaning of the word, when used unqualified and with a capital letter, a usage that also spread to other languages for the ...
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. [7] The museum has a permanent exhibition that combines text, archival photographs, film footage, documents, multimedia displays and recreated environments ...
American Friends of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a U.S. based non-profit organization supporting the foundation of the museum. [18] On 17 June 2009, the museum launched the Virtual Shtetl portal, which collects and provides access to essential information about Jewish life in Poland before and after the Holocaust in Poland. The ...
In 1979, Pope John Paul II held a mass in Birkenau and called the camp a "Golgotha of our times". In 1962, a prevention zone around the museum in Birkenau (and in 1977, one around the museum in Auschwitz) was established to maintain the historical condition of the camp. These zones were confirmed by the Polish parliament in 1999.
The centre was designed by architect, Lewis Levin, who informed his plans by having discussions with survivors of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. [10] Railway lines surround the building, drawing images of the Holocaust victims that were deported by train to concentration camps.